André Malraux (1901–1976)
Author of Man's Fate
About the Author
Andre (Georges) Malraux, 1901- 1976 French novelist Andre Malraux was born in Paris to a wealthy family. His father was Fernand-Georges Malraux, a stockbroker, and his mother was Berthe (Lamy) Malraux. He attended the Lycee Condorcet and studied oriental languages at the Ecole des Langues show more Orientales. His parents separated when he was a child, and his mother brought him up. His father committed suicide in 1930. Malraux was also considered an adventurer, art historian, and statesman. He was the Minister for Cultural Affairs for eleven years from 1958-1969. He worked as an art editor at Gallimard publishers in Paris. He attended archaeological expeditions in Iran and Afghanistan. At the age of twenty-one, Malraux went to Cambodia with his wife, writer Clara Goldsmidt, where he was imprisoned for taking bas-reliefs from a Khmer temple. In 1925, he went to Saigon and joined the anti-colonial Young Annam League. In World War II, Malraux served in a French tank Unit. He was wounded and captured, but he managed to escape and join the Resistance where he met General Charles de Gaulle. He escaped a second capture in 1944 and received the Medaille de la Resistance, the Croix de Guerre and the British Distinguished Service Order for his service. Malraux's short novel "Le Temps De Mapris" (1935), tells the story of a Communist who's held prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. In the Spanish Civil War, Malraux fought for the Republicans (1936-1939). He was wounded twice in the effort to stop Franco's advance on Madrid. His novel "L'Espoir" (1937) tells of Republican Spain in combat. This was also adapted for the screen in 1938 and the film was titled Sierrade Teruel. After "L'Espoir", Malraux divorced and had a liaison with Josette Clotis. She died in a railroad accident in 1945. At this time, Malraux broke from communism and began writing non-fiction. In 1948, Malrauxe married Marie-Madeline Lioux, a concert pianist and widow of his half-brother. In 1961, he lost his two sons in an accident. In 1958, when de Gaulle came to power, he was appointed first Minister of Information and then, a year later, Minister of State for Cultural Affairs. In 1967, Malraux's autobiography "Anti-Memoires" was published. In it, Malraux mixed fact with fiction and excerpts from his novels. Later volumes of his personal recollections involved Pablo Picasso, Leopold Sedar Senghor and de Gaulle. In "Felled Oaks" (1971), Malraux tells of his conversations with de Gaulle, his political idol. After leaving politics, Malraux retired to a suburb of Paris and continued to write until his death on November 23, 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Gisele Freund (1935)
Series
Works by André Malraux
The Conquerors (Phoenix Fiction Series) 10 copies
Lectures choisies 4 copies
"Entre ici, Jean Moulin": discours d'André Malraux, ministre d'État chargé des affaires culturelles, lors du… (2010) 3 copies
La grande pitié des monuments de France: débats parlementaires, 1960-1968 (1998) — Author — 2 copies
℗La ℗condizione umana 2 copies
Le Miroir des Limbes, Antimires 2 copies
Man's Fate 2 copies
Kanton'da İsyan 2 copies
Sierra de Teruel 2 copies
Ogledalo limba 1 copy
L'intemporel 1 copy
L' espoir 1 copy
Die künstlerische Gestaltung 1 copy
Naděje : román 1 copy
La voie royale: roman 1 copy
Six entretiens avec André Malraux sur des écrivains de son temps (1959-1975) (French Edition) 1 copy
La tentation de l'Occident 1 copy
Droga królewska 1 copy
Dola człowiecza 1 copy
Hrastovi koje obaraju --- 1 copy
Život ljudski 1 copy
The conquerors 1 copy
As vozes do silêncio 1 copy
quest for proust 1 copy
The conquerors 1 copy
GJENDJA NJERZORE 1 copy
La metamorphose des dieux 1 copy
"This is war" 1 copy
Scènes choisies 1 copy
G.Braque 1 copy
Saturn : An essay on Goya 1 copy
SHPRESA 1 copy
BÜYÜK YOL 1 copy
ANDRE MALRAUX-SALVADOR DALI 1 copy
Fondation Maeght 1 copy
Človekova usoda 1 copy
André Malraux - Romans - Les conquérants - La condition humaine - L'espoir Bibliothèque de La… 1 copy
Håpet 1 copy
A Tentação do Ocidente 1 copy
Huéspedes de paso 1 copy
Associated Works
Iran : Parther und Sasaniden — Editor, some editions — 1 copy
Les cahiers de la Petite Dame : notes pour l'histoire authentique d'Andride. 1, 1918-1929 (1973) — Foreword, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Malraux, André
- Legal name
- Malraux, Georges André
- Birthdate
- 1901-11-03
- Date of death
- 1976-11-23
- Burial location
- Verrières-le-Buisson, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (1976)
Panthéon, Paris, Île-de-France, France (1996) - Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Place of death
- Créteil, France
- Cause of death
- lung embolism
- Places of residence
- Cambodia
Paris, France - Education
- Lycée Condorcet
École des Langues Orientales, Paris, France - Occupations
- writer
journalist
editor
resistance fighter
government minister - Relationships
- de Vilmorin, Louise (companion)
Clotis, Josette (companion) - Organizations
- French Resistance
French Army - Awards and honors
- Médaille de la Résistance
Croix de Guerre
Distinguished Service Order
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1955)
Prix Goncourt (1933)
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1974)
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