![]() At age 17, and now the only "man" in the family following the death of his brother, the young author was left as distraught as his mother and sisters, but he soon assumed the mantle of a protector and took to consoling them.Īfter twice failing his final exams at a preparatory Naval Academy (intentionally, some believe), Saint-Exupéry entered the École des Beaux-Arts as an auditor to study architecture for 15 months, again without graduating, and then fell into the habit of accepting odd jobs. He fell as gently as a tree falls", an imagery which would much later be recrafted in the climactic ending of The Little Prince. Saint-Exupéry attended to his brother, his closest confidant, beside François' death bed, and later wrote that François ".remained motionless for an instant. Saint-Exupéry was the third of five children, with three sisters and a younger blond-haired brother, François, who at age 15 would tragically die of rheumatic fever contracted while both were attending a Marianist school in Fribourg, Switzerland, during World War I. His father's death would greatly affect the entire family, transforming their status to that of 'impoverished aristocrats'. He was the third of five children of the Countess Marie de Fonscolombe and Count Jean de Saint-Exupéry (1863-1904).His father, an executive of the Le Soleil (The Sun) insurance brokerage, died of a stroke in Lyon's La Foux train station before his son's fourth birthday. Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon to an aristocratic family that could trace its lineage back several centuries. ![]() His 1939 philosophical memoir Terre des hommes became the name of a major international humanitarian group, and was also used to create the central theme ( Terre des hommes–Man and His World) of the most successful world's fair of the 20th century, Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada. He earned further widespread recognition with international translations of his other works. His literary works, among them The Little Prince, translated into over 250 languages and dialects, propelled his stature posthumously allowing him to achieve national hero status in France. Prior to the war, Saint-Exupéry had achieved fame in France as an aviator. He disappeared over the Mediterranean on his last assigned reconnaissance mission in July 1944, and is believed to have died at that time. Following a 27-month hiatus in North America, during which he wrote three of his most important works, he joined the Free French Air Force in North Africa, although he was far past the maximum age for such pilots and in declining health. At the outbreak of war, he joined the French Air Force ( Armée de l'Air), flying reconnaissance missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940.Īfter being demobilised from the French Air Force, he travelled to the United States to persuade its government to enter the war against Nazi Germany. Saint-Exupéry was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, working airmail routes in Europe, Africa and South America. ![]() ![]() He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince ( Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the U.S. ![]() Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator. ![]()
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