Jorge Semprún: The Spaniard Who Survived the Nazis and Conquered Paris

by Soledad Fox Maura

Book Overview

Spanish by birth, Parisian by adoption, Sempr n (1923-2011) was a legendary figure on the front lines of twentieth-century European history. During the first half of his life he was an exile of the Spanish Civil War, a member of the French Resistance, a Nazi camp survivor, and clandestine agent for the Spanish Communist Party. After repeatedly risking his life from the 1930s to the 1960s, he reinvented himself as a prolific writer who turned the extraordinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845198522
• ISBN13: 9781845198527
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"