WRITER

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 146,621 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Jorge Semprún is the 886th most popular writer (up from 999th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Spain (up from 316th in 2019) and the 27th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 62.74

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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

El largo viaje
1976
Grand voyage
History
A fictional account of the real life capture of Jorge Semprun, an active member of the French resistance, and his five-day train ride to Buchenwald during World War II
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L' Algarabie
1981
Le mort qu'il faut
2001
What a beautiful Sunday!
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration camp)
1982
Le grand voyage
1963

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Semprún ranks 886 out of 7,302. Before him are Dashiell Hammett, Luis Sepúlveda, Joseph Campbell, Theodoret, Fatema Mernissi, and Marko Marulić. After him are Marilyn vos Savant, Cormac McCarthy, Julien Green, Silius Italicus, Kobayashi Issa, and Hans Fallada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jorge Semprún ranks 38. Before him are Markus Wolf, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Anne Baxter, Nizar Qabbani, Morris, and René Girard. After him are Stjepan Bobek, Philip Warren Anderson, Alice Miller, Mauno Koivisto, Erland Josephson, and Edgar F. Codd. Among people deceased in 2011, Jorge Semprún ranks 38. Before him are Christa Wolf, Ralph M. Steinman, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Herbert A. Hauptman, Ernesto Sabato, and Lynn Margulis. After him are Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Tomislav Ivić, Baruj Benacerraf, Zdeněk Miler, Betty Ford, and Har Gobind Khorana.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jorge Semprún ranks 275 out of 3,355. Before him are Nachmanides (1194), Chindasuinth (563), Carlos Sainz (1962), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Hisham II (965), and Maria Anna of Spain (1606). After him are Carles Puyol (1978), Silius Italicus (26), Postumus (250), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), and Abraham Abulafia (1240).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jorge Semprún ranks 27. Before him are Matilde Camus (1919), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Luis de Góngora (1561), Antonio Machado (1875), and Vicente Aleixandre (1898). After him are Silius Italicus (26), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Prudentius (348), and Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922).

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