28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, playing chess at his home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, with his secretary Yvonne Davet, at home in Antibes, France, 1949. Davet herself later received recognition for her translation into... © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, with his secretary Yvonne Davet, at home in Antibes, France, 1949. Davet herself later received recognition for her translation into... © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, with his son-in-law, Jean Lambert, at Gides home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, reading a book written by Marcel Jouhandeau at Gides home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, at his home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, at his home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gides home in Antibes, France, 1949. This room contains portraits of eminent figures belonging to Gides wife, Madame Theo Van Rysselberghe. From (top R) Pierre Herbart, below him Charles... © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, walking in the gardens at Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, playing cards at his home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, with his son-in-law, Jean Lambert, at Gides home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, reading at his home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, at his home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, playing chess at his home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author, Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, in the gardens at Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois

28-06-1949 Author Andre Gide, winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature, talking with friend at Gides home in Antibes, France, 1949 © Dominique Darbois