
November 3, 1901 · 124 years old
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 subs…

January 1959. André Malraux becomes the first Minister of Cultural Affairs under the 5th Republic. A ministry tailor-made for him by the Gaullist entourage. Crowned by the glory of his literary success, his adventures in Cambodia ...