The winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Litterature, who was born in 1881, lived in Nice at the Grand Palais, 2 Bvd de Cimiez.

Depending on the sources, he came there as early as 1934 or came later to find there a refuge during the war, his place having been occupied by the nazis. No matter what, he stayed there until the end of the war before going back to Paris.

He is now buried in Nice.

His books.

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