Gaëtan Picon
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Gaëtan Picon was a French essayist and art crtitic. He was director of the Mercure de France
and Director-General of Arts and Letters under André Malraux
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Mercure de France
The Mercure de France was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group....
and Director-General of Arts and Letters under André Malraux
André Malraux
André Malraux DSO was a French adventurer, award-winning author, and statesman. Having traveled extensively in Indochina and China, Malraux was noted especially for his novel entitled La Condition Humaine , which won the Prix Goncourt...
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