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Malraux

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Mal·raux  (ml-r, mäl-), André 1901-1976.
French writer and politician. A member of the French resistance during World War II, he served as minister of culture (1959-1969) under Charles de Gaulle. His written works include novels of adventure and political action, such as Man's Fate (1933), and books of art history.

Malraux (French) [malro]
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(Biographies / Malraux, André (1901-1976) M, French, WRITING: writer, POLITICS: statesman) André (ɑ̃dre). 1901-76, French writer and statesman. His novels include La Condition humaine (1933) on the Kuomintang revolution (1927-28) and L'Espoir (1937) on the Spanish Civil War, in both of which events he took part. He also wrote on art, notably in Les Voix du silence (1951)
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Noun1.Malraux - French novelist (1901-1976)


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Auden, Stephen Spender, Kim Philby, George Orwell, Arthur Koestler, Cyril Connolly, Andre Malraux, and Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
The cover story was an unsigned backgrounder on the Chinese opera tradition to introduce the upcoming tour of the Peking Opera, and there was a piece by Kenneth Froslid ("Musician, critic, Chief of Toronto News Bureau, Time and Life") on the shakeup in Paris after Cultural Affairs Minister Andre Malraux imposed new management on the Opera and Opera-Comique.
The Malraux Museum is an ultra-modern building on the sea front which has a good collection of Impressionist works together with art from other centuries.
 
 
 
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