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La Modernité Esthétique Chez André Malraux : La Quête Du “Primitif”, Yulia Draganova Kovatcheva Aug 2011

La Modernité Esthétique Chez André Malraux : La Quête Du “Primitif”, Yulia Draganova Kovatcheva

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André Malraux is a prolific French writer, adventurer, art historian, statesman, and Minister of Cultural Affairs for 11 years (1958-1969). Malraux was a man of action in the service of noble causes. In 1933, one of Malraux's most famous novels, La Condition humaine (Man's Fate), was published. It won the Goncourt Prize and established his international reputation. Born on November 3, 1901 in Paris, he was a son of the 20th century. A witness to the history of his century, he left to the future generations a literary heritage of great importance. His main preoccupation was the “mystery of …