The Little Prince - (Le Petit Prince)
is a novella by the French aristocrat, author, and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the US by Reynel and Hitchcock in April 1943, plus France after the liberation of France, because Vichy Nasser The story follows a young prince who visits various planets in space, including the earth, and addresses themes of loneliness, friendship, love and loss, and despite his style as a children's book, Little Prince makes poignant observations of life and human nature.
The Little Prince has become Saint-Exopri's most successful work, selling some 140 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling and translated books ever published.
This has been translated into 361 languages and idioms.
The Little Prince has been adapted to numerous art and media forms, including audio recordings, radio cycles, live stage, films, television, ballet, and opera.
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- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, Comte de Saint-Exupéry, simply known as Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 - July 31, 1944), was a writer, poet, aristocrat, French journalist, and pioneer. He was an award winner for some of France's highest literary awards and also won the United States National Book Award.
He is best remembered for his novels "Little Prince" (Le Petit Prince) and his lyrical writings, including wind, sand and stars and night flying.
Saint-Exupéry was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, working in airmail routes in Europe, Africa, and South America. He joined the French Air Force at the onset of the war, flying on patrol missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940. After being expelled from the French Air Force, he traveled to the United States to persuade her government to enter the war against the Nazis. Germany.
Saint-Exupéry spent 28 months in America, during which he wrote three of his most important works, and then joined the Free French Air Force in North Africa - even though he was past the maximum age for such pilots and in his health. He disappeared and is believed to have died during a mission from Corsica over the Mediterranean on July 31, 1944.
Before the war, Saint-Exuphirie achieved fame in France as a pilot. His literary works have reinforced his status as the national hero in France, including the Little Prince translated into 300 languages. He gained wider recognition in international translations for his other works. In his 1939 philosophical memoir, Terra de Homes (entitled Wind, Sand, and Stars in English) became the name of an international humanitarian group; It also served as the main theme of Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec.
It is presumed that Saint-Exopéri died when his plane crashed in the Mediterranean in July 1944. His hometown of Lyon named him the main airport.
