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Author

Andre Malraux

November 3, 1901 – November 23, 1976 · France

Politician, Film director, Screenwriter, Film editor, Art historian, Novelist, Writer, Journalist, Art critic, Prose writer, Playwright, Archaeologist, Resistance fighter

Titles on list

1

Total weeks

9

Peak rank

#5

Biography

Born
November 3, 1901 · 18th arrondissement of Paris
Died
November 23, 1976 · Créteil
Nationality
France
Gender
Male
Languages
French, Spanish
Education
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Lycée Turgot, Lycée Condorcet

Awards & Honours

  • 1930Prix Interallié
  • 1933Prix Goncourt
  • 1945Louis Delluc Prize
  • 1972Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
  • 1976Alfonso Reyes International Prize
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • Croix de guerre 1939–1945
  • Companion of the Liberation
  • Distinguished Service Order
  • Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
  • Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite
  • Grand Cross of the Order of George I
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
  • Grand Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross
  • Order of the Equatorial Star
  • Order of the Republic
  • Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
  • Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland

On the Bestseller Lists

1 title

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).