Malraux

[ mal-roh ]

noun

1. An·dré [ah, n, -, drey], 1901–76, French novelist, critic, and politician.

Malraux

/ malro /

noun

1. MalrauxAndré19011976MFrenchWRITING: writerPOLITICS: statesman 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)

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

The piece was set to solo piano, played by Madeleine Malraux, who said she never needed sheet music.

From New York Times

In an allusion to another politically engaged French writer, André Malraux, he said Mr. Lévy was “a carnival Malraux who must absolutely fight his Spanish Civil War every two years.”

From New York Times

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

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, many art institutions have expanded online programming, transforming themselves into what French art theorist André Malraux called "museums without walls."

From Salon