André Malraux
Georges André Malraux was born in 1901 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris and
emerged as a French novelist, art theorist, and statesman. He began publishing
literary essays and early writings in 1920, but his public profile expanded
after publishing La Condition humaine in 1933, which earned the Prix Goncourt.
In the late 1920s and 1930s he continued to write novels such as Les Conquérants
(1928) and L’Espoir (1937), while engaging in political activism, and the latter
also prompted passionate readings and discussions. In 1945 he entered
government, serving as Minister of Inform...
