by Jorge Semprún · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439563457
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«Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez» is the autobiography of Jorge Semprún, published by Planeta DeAgostini in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Testimony of Jorge Semprún as a member of the PCE known as «Federico Sánchez»: he recalls his clandestine activities in Spain, the atmosphere of the Stalinist period and his expulsion from the party in the 1960s. The narrative dispenses with chronological order and combines memories, quotations and political debate with a novelistic treatment.
The work won the Premio Planeta in 1977; this paperback edition by Planeta DeAgostini (1997) belongs to the Colección Premio Planeta and consists of 352 pages.
Aimed at readers of political memoirs and the history of communism in Spain, and at those who wish to discover the testimonial work of Jorge Semprún.
Jorge Semprún Maura 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.
