French novelist, art theorist, and political figure — winner of the 1933 Prix Goncourt for La Condition humaine, De Gaulle's Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1959 to 1969, and one of the two most influential twentieth-century French novelists Camus regarded as a peer.
Met · 1941
Camus and Malraux first met in Marseille in 1941 through Pascal Pia, who had shown Malraux the manuscript of The Stranger. Malraux read the novel, wrote a favourable report to Gaston Gallimard, and effectively opened the doors of the Gallimard editorial board to Camus. The two men remained on friendly, respectful terms through the postwar years and Camus regarded Malraux — with Gide — as one of the two most important living French novelists.
Buried at · 1996
Malraux was brought into the Panthéon in 1996 by President Jacques Chirac.
Met · 1941
Camus and Malraux first met in Marseille in 1941 through Pascal Pia, who had shown Malraux the manuscript of The Stranger. Malraux read the novel, wrote a favourable report to Gaston Gallimard, and effectively opened the doors of the Gallimard editorial board to Camus. The two men remained on friendly, respectful terms through the postwar years and Camus regarded Malraux — with Gide — as one of the two most important living French novelists.