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André Malraux

French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)

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André Malraux was a French writer, art theorist, and politician whose novels and essays explored profound questions about human meaning and the power of art, while his life also included involvement in major 20th-century political struggles. He matters because his work significantly influenced modern thinking about literature and art history, and his career exemplified the engagement of intellectuals in the major events of their time.

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Born: 3 November 1901
Died: 23 November 1976
Works: 305

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Le surnaturel
Lunes en papier
La voie royale
The fascist threat to culture
Israel

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Writing · Paris, France

Georges André Malraux (3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as information minister (1945–46) and subsequently as France's first cultural affairs minister during de Gaulle's presidency (1959–1969).…

Known for

The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)2022
De Gaulle, le monarque et le Parlement — Self (archive footage)2020
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer — Self - Writer (archive footage)2019
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français — Self (archive footage)2019
1958: Those Who Said No — Self (archive footage)

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Georges André Malraux (/mælˈroʊ/ mal-ROH; French: [ʒɔʁʒ ɑ̃dʁe malʁo]; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, member of the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (Man's Fate) (1933) is set during the 1927 Shanghai uprising and won the Prix Goncourt; L'Espoir (Man's Hope, 1937) arose from his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. After the Second World War he abandoned fiction and wrote several works on art history, collected as La Psychologie de l'Art (The Voices of Silence, 1953). He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as information minister (1945–46) and subsequently as France's first cultural affairs minister during de Gaulle's presidency (1959–1969).

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