Antoine De Saint-Exupéry: French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, simply known as de Saint-Exupéry (UK: /ˌsæ̃tɪɡˈzuːpɛri/, US: /-ɡzuːpeɪˈriː/, French: ; 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.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | |
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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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