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Saint-Exupéry was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, working airmail routes in Europe, Africa, and South America. He joined the French Air Force at the start of the war, flying reconnaissance missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940.
25 Jun 2024 · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French aviator and writer whose works are the unique testimony of a pilot and a warrior who looked at adventure and danger with a poet’s eyes. His fable Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) has become a modern classic.
8 Mac 2016 · Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, aviator, poet and author. Raised in an aristocratic family, he fell in love with aviation at an early age after took his first airplane...
The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince, pronounced [lə p (ə)ti pʁɛ̃s]) is a novella written and illustrated by French writer and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Born in Lyon, France, in 1900, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry considered himself a pilot above all else. For twenty years, he flew everything from cartography missions to commercial flights, and flying occupied a significant place in his philosophical essays and fantasy writings.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. People best know French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for his fairy tale The Little Prince (1943). He flew for the first time at the age of 12 years in 1912 at the Ambérieu airfield and then determined to a pilot.
The Little Prince, fable and modern classic by French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that was published with his own illustrations in French as Le Petit Prince in 1943. The simple tale tells the story of a child, the little prince, who travels the universe gaining wisdom.
14 Dis 2018 · Brush up on some trivia by checking out these 75 facts you might not know about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and The Little Prince. 1. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born on June 29,...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. (1900—1944) French writer and aviator. Quick Reference. (1900–1944) French novelist and aviator. He was posthumously created Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur. Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyons of impoverished aristocratic parents.
The pioneer of civil aviation. Called up for military service in 1921, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was assigned to the 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs in Strasbourg, where he obtained his pilot's licence.
