by Jorge Semprún · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408014157
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«Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez» is the autobiography of writer Jorge Semprún, published by Planeta in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).
Jorge Semprún recalls his clandestine militancy in the Communist Party of Spain under the war name «Federico Sánchez», from the Stalinist era to his expulsion in the 1960s. The narrative, without chronological order, combines memories, quotes and political debate in a critical review of communism.
Winner of the Planeta Prize 1977, originally published that year. This 1995 edition belongs to the Literaria collection of Planeta Bolsillo.
Will appeal to readers of political memoirs, anti-Francoism and the history of Spanish communism.
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.
