Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de ( 1900 – 44 ),French novelist. He was actively involved in the early years of commercial aviation, and his novels are intimately linked with his flying experiences: Courrier sud ( 1928 ; Southern Mail, 1933 ), Vol de nuit ( 1931 ; Night Flight, 1932 ), Terre des hommes ( 1939 ; Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939 ), and Pilote de guerre ( 1942 ; Flight to Arras, 1942 ). He also wrote a book for children, Le Petit Prince ( 1943 ; The Little Prince, 1944 ). He failed to return from a reconnaissance mission in north Africa: his presumed death in the desert contributed to the success of an unfinished collection of desert meditations, Citadelle ( 1948 ; Wisdom of the Sands, 1952 ).
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