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Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.
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Birth: | 3rd November, 1901 |
Death: | 23rd November, 1976 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Novelist, Politician, Theorist |
André Malraux was born in Paris. He was a French novelist, art theorist and Minister for Cultural Affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine won the Prix Goncourt. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as Minister of Information and subsequently as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle's presidency. Malraux's first published work, an article entitled "The Origins of Cubist Poetry", appeared in the magazine Action in 1920.
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