Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Full Name: | Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
Born: | June 29, 1900 Lyon, France |
Died: | July 31, 1944 Offshore, south of Marseille, France |
Occupation: | Aviator, Writer |
Nationality: | French |
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Biography
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the "Winged Poet," was born in Lyon, France, in 1900. He took his first flight at the age of eleven, and became a pilot at twenty-six. He was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His writings include The Little Prince, Wind, Sand and Stars, Night Flight, Southern Mail, and Airman's Odyssey. In 1944, while serving with a French air squadron, he disappeared during a flight over the Mediterranean.
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