André Malraux

Personal Info

Birthday

November 3, 1901

Day of Death

1976-11-23

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Georges André Malraux

André Malraux

Biography

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). Malraux was born in Paris in 1901, the son of Fernand-Georges Malraux (1875–1930) and Berthe Félicie Lamy (1877–1932). His parents separated in 1905 and eventually divorced.

Known For

Filmography

2020
De Gaulle, le monarque et le Parlement
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
as Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
2018
1958: Those Who Said No
as Self (archive footage)
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
2012
De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile
as Self (archive footage)
2011
The Minister
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1983
Notre Dame de la Croisette
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1972
La Légende du siècle
as Self
1967
Amiens, Ville Ouverte
as Voice (Self)