José María de Semprún Gurrea, católico y republicano

Authors

Xavier Iturralde Universidad de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense,

Keywords:

Second Republic, “Cruz y Raya”, “Esprit”, Personalism, Christian Democracy, Civil War, Exile

Abstract

José María de Semprún Gurrea, Catholic and republican

This article focuses on José María Semprún Gurrea (Madrid, 1893 - Rome, 1966), father of writer Jorge Semprún. Semprún Gurrea was a fervent Catholic, but also a convinced republican, in a particularly conflictive historical period. He struggled relentlessly for a republican Spain and, following the example of French Catholic personalist Emmanuel Mounier, he committed to the progress of his own country without being seduced by the illusion of totalitarianism.

Received: 19-05-2014

Author Biography

Xavier Iturralde, Universidad de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense,

Xavier Iturralde es catedrático de español, profesor en la enseñanza secundaria. Actualmente doctorando en la Universidad de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, dedica su investigación a católicos antifranquistas. Ha traducido y editado Los orígenes de una tragedia. La política española desde 1923 hasta 1936 de Alfredo Mendizábal Villalba (Madrid, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2012), y dirigido en colaboración con Jaime Céspedes Gallego Études sur José María de Semprún Gurrea, Jorge Semprún et Carlos Semprún Maura, Regards/19, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, 2013.