André Malraux DSO (; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist and
Minister of 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).