Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry,[1] simply known as de Saint-Exupéry (UK: /ˌsæ̃tɪɡˈzuːpɛri/,[2] US: /-ɡzuːpeɪˈriː/,[3] French: [ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃t‿ɛɡzypeʁi]; 29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), was a French writer and pilot. He wrote many stories that became famous, including The Little Prince (original: Le petit prince, 1943), Night Flight (original: Vol de nuit, 1931), and Wind, Sand and Stars (original: Terre des hommes, Land of People, 1939). Saint-Exupéry did not return from a reconnaissance flight near Marseille, in 1944.
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| Born | Antoine de Saint Exupéry 29 June 1900 Lyon, France |
| Died | 31 July 1944 (aged 44) Offshore, south of Marseille, France |
| Occupation | Aviator, Writer |
| Nationality | French |
| Period | 1929–1948 (posthumous) |
| Genre | Autobiography, Belles-Lettres, Children's Literature |
| Spouse | Consuelo Gómez Carillo de Saint-Exupéry, (1931-death) |
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A fisherman found Saint Exupery's silver bracelet near Marseille, in 1998. Two years later, the motor of the plane was found nearby.
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Coat of arms of the de Saint-Exupéry family since the 18th century.
Birthplace of Saint-Exupéry in the Presqu'île section of Lyon, on the street now named after him, in blue at lower left.
Memorial plaque for Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in Markkleeberg (Germany), 2022. In 1939, he came to see his German publisher Karl Rauch who had printed the first German edition of "Terre des hommes".
A monument in Tarfaya, Cape Juby, Morocco, commemorating Aéropostale's mail stopover station and Saint-Exupéry, its manager
The vain and petulant Rose in The Little Prince was likely inspired by Saint-Exupéry's Salvadoran wife, Consuelo de Saint Exupéry.
Two editions of The Little Prince (lower left and upper right, artwork not shown) on display at the Saint-Exupéry exhibit at the Air and Space Museum in Paris, France. Also, upper left: Lettre à un otage (Letter to a Hostage), and bottom right: Pilote de guerre (English version: Flight to Arras).
Bracelet of Saint-Exupéry found in 1998
Part of the landing gear of Saint-Exupéry's plane, recovered from the Mediterranean, displayed at the French Air and Space Museum
A portion of the Saint-Exupéry exhibit, in the French Air & Space Museum, Le Bourget, Paris.
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References
- ↑ Schiff, Stacy (2006). Saint-Exupéry : a biography (1st Owl books ed.). New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-7913-5.
- ↑ "Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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