Felipe Nieto was born in Santander in 1948. He received his Master´s degree in
International Relations from the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset
(Universidad Complutense, Madrid) in 1989 and a Doctorate
in Contemporary History from the UNED (Madrid). He has worked as a high school
teacher and is now a Current World History professor in the UNED (Madrid). He
has written several works dedicated to the figure of Jorge Semprún.