Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyons on June 29, 1900; he attended Jesuit schools in France and Switzerland. He was a poor and unruly student but took great interest in the rapidly developing science of flight. In 1921 he began military service and learned to fly, later being commissioned as an air force officer.

In 1929 Saint-Exupéry was transferred to Buenos Aires, and he married in The same year he published his second book, Vol de nuit (Night Flight). In 1939 Saint-Exupéry rejoined the French air force and was decorated for bravery in After the French defeat, he went to the United States, where he wrote Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), published in 1942.

In 1943 he rejoined his unit in North Africa, fighting with the Free French; although now overage, he insisted on undertaking reconnaissance missions. On July 31, 1944, his aircraft disappeared near Corsica, probably shot down by a German fighter.

Literary works The Aviator Flight to Arras The Little Prince Night Flight A Sense of Life Wind, Sand and Stars The Little Prince

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