Malraux

American  

[mal-roh] / malˈroʊ /

noun

1. André 1901–76, French novelist, critic, and politician.

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Malraux British  

/ malro /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

There is a theatre, a university, the national opera dance school, and a large park named after former President Charles de Gaulle's culture minister André Malraux.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023

After recovering, he enlisted with the International Brigades, whose exploits achieved legendary status through the works of writers and filmmakers like Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, George Orwell and Andre Malraux.

From Reuters • May 25, 2021

Four members of the committee supported Beckett and two backed Malraux, with the primary objections to Beckett coming from Nobel committee chair Anders Österling, who had campaigned against the playwright for years.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2020

Camera Annual in 1958, “I thought of something Malraux wrote: ‘to transform destiny into awareness.’

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019

The notion that the old painting should reach a new audience in the New World was first raised during a 1962 visit to Washington by France’s minister of culture, Andre Malraux.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2018