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A Short Biography of Antoine Marie de Saint-Exupéry

Author Name:

Antoine Marie de Saint-Exupéry

Born As:

Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger de Saint Exupéry

Other Names:

Born:

29 Jun 1900

Died:

31 Jul 1944




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Aviator and writer                          
Selected Works:

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
Lettres de jeunesse 1953 - posthumous
Carnets 1953 - posthumous
Lettres à sa mère 1955 -  posthumous
Écrits de guerre 1982 -  posthumous
Manon, danseuse 2007 -  posthumous.                          
Mother Marie de Fonscolombe
Father Count Jean de Saint Exupéry, third of five children.
Wife Consuelo Gómez Carillo de Saint Exupéry                          
                          
Disappeared July 31, 1944 while flying on a mission to collect data on German troop movements.