André Malraux

Malraux, André (1901–76), French author and political activist. His social novels, such as Man's Fate (1933) and Man's Hope (1937), describe political struggles both factually and poetically. In real life, Malraux became involved in many political struggles, including the Chinese civil war, the Spanish civil war, and the French resistance against the Nazis in World War II. He was France's first secretary of cultural affairs (1958–68), under Charles De Gaulle.