G. L. Manuel Frères - André Malraux - 1933

gelatin silver print
Photo size: 17.7 cm x 12.4 cm
Year 1933
Annotations and description on the photo
Stamp and label on verso
Condition very good, very fine

Very rare historic photo. Original.


André Malraux. Photograph taken for the award of the Goncourt Prize to the novel La Condition humaine in 1933. Vintage silver print. On the back of the photograph, studio stamp "G.L. Manuel Frères" and captioned label.

Biography

André Malraux (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 (1945–46) and subsequently as France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs during de Gaulle's presidency (1959–69).