Author of several books of simple tone and warm human fibre, some often read by or to children, many of which have been translated from their native French into English.
- Vol De Nuit ("NightFlight")
- Le Petit Prince ("TheLittlePrince")
- WindSandAndStars
Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a professional pilot doing "nightflights" on South America. He crashed as an Allied pilot during WW II near Cannes.
His most famous quote is probably PerfectionIsAchieved.
Wikipedia entry: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exupery
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