The publisher was founded on 31 May 1911 in Paris by
Gaston Gallimard,
André Gide, and
Jean Schlumberger as
Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF). From its 31 May 1911 founding until June 1919, Nouvelle Revue Française published one hundred titles including
La Jeune Parque by
Paul Valéry. NRF published the second volume of
In Search of Lost Time, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, which became the first
Prix Goncourt-awarded book published by the company. Nouvelle Revue Française adopted the name "Librairie Gallimard" in 1919. During the
occupation of France in World War II, Gaston Gallimard was hosted in
Carcassonne by poet
Joë Bousquet. He returned to
Paris in October 1940 to enter discussions with the
Third Reich authorities, who wished to control his publishing company. It was agreed that Gaston Gallimard would still control his company if he collaborated with the authorities and published pro-Hitler writings. == Catalogue ==