Centre François Mauriac de Malagar, Literary estate and cultural center in Saint-Maixant, France.

The Centre François Mauriac de Malagar is an 18th-century manor house at Saint-Maixant, north-east of the village on the D19 road. Its central block rises three storeys under a dark hipped roof with a small lantern, flanked by lower wings; white-framed windows with pale shutters face a broad lawn, and climbing greenery covers much of the lower walls. Two wine cellars, a farm, a dovecote and a four-hectare park surround it.

Malagar belonged to the Celestines of Verdelais until it was sold as national property in 1792. Jean Mauriac, the writer's great-grandfather, bought the estate and its 20 hectares of vines in 1843. François Mauriac inherited it on his mother's death in 1927 and stayed there each year, three or four months at a time, around Easter and the harvest.

The place preserves the memory of a major French writer through exhibitions and literary events held here throughout the year. Visitors can see the rooms where this author created and worked on his writings.

The estate lies on the heights northeast of Saint-Maixant, along the D19 road between Langon and Verdelais. The house is shown by guided tour, and the former wine cellar holds the exhibition on François Mauriac; the park can be walked. The north side faces a long meadow sloping toward the Benauge hills, with a replanted poplar avenue separating it from the vines.

The lime tree in the inner courtyard was classified "Arbre remarquable" in 2018. In the garden, Mauriac had a plot of pines from Saint-Symphorien transplanted, and the hornbeams planted by his great-grandfather in 1847 form a central nave and two side aisles leading to the terrace de Malagar.