Intimate funeral for Jorge Semprun

12/06/11 18:35 CET

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Family and close friends have gathered for the funeral of Jorge Semprun near Paris. The Spanish writer, resistance fighter and former Spanish culture minister spent most of his life in exile in France and died last week at the age of 87.

A Spanish Civil War exile, he joined the French communist resistance and spent time in a concentration camp.

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