Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29 1900 – July 31 1944) was a French writer and aviator.

Works

If not always autobiographical, Saint-Exupéry's work is greatly inspired by his experiences as a pilot. An exception is The Little Prince, his most famous book, a poetic illustrated tale in which he imagines himself stranded in the desert where he meets The Little Prince, a young boy from a tiny asteroid. In many ways The Little Prince is a philosophical story, with emphasis on criticizing society and the excesses of the adult world. Nevertheless, the Little Prince contains elements from several earlier stories. The "temperamental rose" in the story was based on his wife Consuelo.

Related Topics:
Autobiographical - The Little Prince - Poetic - Asteroid - Philosophical

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• L'aviateur (1926)
• Courrier sud (1929) (translated into English as Southern Mail)
• Vol de nuit (1931) (translated into English as Night Flight)
• Terre des Hommes (1939) (translated into English as Wind, Sand and Stars)
• Pilote de Guerre (1942) (translated into English as Flight to Arras)
• Lettre à un Otage (1943) (translated into English as Letter to a Hostage)
• Le Petit Prince (1943) (translated into English as The Little Prince)
• Citadelle (1948) (translated into English as The Wisdom of the Sands), posthumous