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Jorge Semprún

1923 - 2011

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Jorge Semprún Maura (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe semˈpɾum ˈmawɾa]; 10 December 1923 – 7 June 2011) was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French. From 1953 to 1962, during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Semprún lived clandestinely in Spain working as an organizer for the exiled Communist Party of Spain, but was expelled from the party in 1964. After the death of Franco and the change to a democratic government, he served as Minister of Culture in Spain's socialist government from 1988 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Semprún has received more than 138,335 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Jorge Semprún is the 1,001st most popular writer (down from 956th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Spain (down from 276th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Spanish Writer.

Jorge Semprún is most famous for his work as a writer and a politician. He was a member of the French Communist Party and was imprisoned for two years in Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. His book The Long Voyage is a memoir of his time in the camp.

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  • 60.97

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Semprún ranks 1,001 out of 5,755. Before him are Nikolay Karamzin, Zelda Fitzgerald, Zhuanxu, Franz Grillparzer, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, and Pierre Louÿs. After him are Bernardino de Sahagún, Jean Moréas, Bernard Cornwell, Andrew of Crete, Nicolas Chamfort, and Ernesto Sabato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jorge Semprún ranks 42. Before him are Mauno Koivisto, Diane Arbus, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Morris, Alice Miller, and Cliff Robertson. After him are Edgar F. Codd, Stephanie Kwolek, Merton Miller, Erland Josephson, Horst Tappert, and René Thom. Among people deceased in 2011, Jorge Semprún ranks 50. Before him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Madame Nhu, Alberto Granado, Cliff Robertson, Bubba Smith, and Michael Cacoyannis. After him are Maria Altmann, Ernesto Sabato, Leonora Carrington, Michael Gough, Har Gobind Khorana, and Richard Hamilton.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jorge Semprún ranks 316 out of 2,932. Before him are Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1927), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Blanche II of Navarre (1424), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), and Al-Hakam I (770). After him are Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Juana Enríquez (1425), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Isidore the Laborer (1080), and Gonzalo Pizarro (1510).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jorge Semprún ranks 33. Before him are Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), and Prudentius (348). After him are Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867), Joan Fuster (1922), Fernando Arrabal (1932), and Rosalía de Castro (1837).

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