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André Malraux () DSO ( 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976 ) was a French novelist, art theorist and Minister for 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 Minister of Information ( 1945 – 1946 ) and subsequently as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle's presidency ( 1959 – 1969 ).