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Article: Left, right and centre
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 30, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ON THE surface, Andre Malraux's life was built on
contradictions. A committed left-winger, he became Minister of
Culture in a right-wing Gaullist government. An admirer of
non-European art and firm anti-colonialist, he achieved notoriety
after being arrested in Cambodia while trying to export the
sculptures he had stolen from a Khmer temple in 1924. Not only a
writer, but a very intellectual one, he never completed secondary
school, and saw himself as a man of action. His political and
ideological beliefs seem to have been determined by, or at least
subordinate to, his love of adventure and his gambler's instinct.
Among writers, he would compare himself to Conrad, but his
personality was ...
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Article: Andre Malraux: Across Boundaries.(Book Review)
The Modern Language Review;
April 1, 2004 ;
700+ words
...Andre Malraux: Across Boundaries. Ed. by GEOFFREY ... writers and political figures such as Andre Malraux should be subjected to the crossover treatment ... together, with fruitful results, themes in Malraux's life and work not normally expected ...
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