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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry, known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator.
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Born 29 June 1900 · Died 31 July 1944 · Q2908
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2026· 15 entries
OkDiario: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, autor de ‘El Principito’, sobre la felicidad en una mujer: «No depende de los luj...
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The Guardian Nigeria News: MinaLima revisit Saint-Exupéry’s ‘The Little Prince’ drawings
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The Guardian Nigeria News: Remembering Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, France’s flying storyteller
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OkDiario: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, autor de El Principito: «Los niños han de tener mucha tolerancia con los mayores...
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Tribuna Económica: Recordando al gran Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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“charity and magnanimity [by] bearing the gift of water.”
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OkDiario: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, autor de ‘El Principito’, sobre la felicidad de una mujer: «No depende de los luj...
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Vanity Fair España: Louise de Vilmorin, la escritora musa de Azzedine Alaïa que se enfrentó con Coco Chanel y fue el gran amor de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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El Confidencial: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: "La felicidad de una mujer no está en los lujos ni en la adoración vacía, sino en..."
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ArchDaily: Galería de Los vuelos de Le Corbusier y Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - 3
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La Nación: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, autor de El Principito: “El amor no consiste en mirar al otro sino en mirar juntos en la misma dirección”
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MutualArt.com: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Indiatimes: Love quote of the day by Antoine De Saint-Exupery: “True love is..."
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Mint: Quote of the day by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: ‘Love does not consist in gazing at each other…'
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2025· 1 entry
The Telegraph: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic The Little Prince is a story about deep love
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2024· 1 entry
The Guardian: The Little Prince review – twinkling spin on Saint-Exupéry’s flight of fantasy
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2023· 1 entry
Euronews: 'Le Petit Prince' turns 80: Five facts you didn't know about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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2022· 1 entry
“Citation choisie pour le 8 mai 2022.”
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Little Prince (2019).
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2016· 4 entries
The Guardian: Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry review – The Little Prince for grownups
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The Guardian: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Spanish civil war press pass found
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The Guardian: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince illustration up for auction
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“Die Sprache ist Quelle von Missverständnissen." - Der kleine Prinz, Deutsch von Tullio Aurelio 2016, PT63 books.google”
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2015· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Little Prince review – adaptation of Saint-Exupéry just about gets off the ground
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“Ch. II : The Men, as quoted in The Lyric Self in Zen and E.E. Cummings (2015) by Michael Buland Burns and Rima Snyder, p. 72”
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2013· 1 entry
“Citation choisie pour le 4 juillet 2013.”
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2011· 1 entry
The City of Toulouse, France, home of Airbus and the pioneering airmail carrier Aéropostale, in conjunction with the Estate of Saint-Exupéry-d'Agay and the Youth Foundation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, hosted a major exp
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2010· 2 entries
The Guardian: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry commemorated by Google doodle
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The Mirror: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry birthday marked with Google Doodle: 10 things you need to know about the French aviator and writer
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2008· 1 entry
A French journalist from La Provence, who was investigating Saint-Exupéry's death, contacted former Luftwaffe pilots who flew in the area of Marseille, eventually getting an account from Horst Rippert (1922–2013)
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2006· 1 entry
On the anniversary of the aviator's birthday, traces each stage of his life as an airmail pioneer, eclectic intellectual artist, and military pilot
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2004· 1 entry
French officials and investigators from the French Underwater Archaeological Department officially confirmed that the wreckage was from Saint-Exupéry's aircraft
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2003· 1 entry
Stated that he became certain that he was responsible when he learned the location of Saint-Exupéry's wreckage
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2000· 4 entries
Honouring the centenary of the author-aviator's birth
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And subsequently translated into 16 languages
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But the cause of the crash remains unknown
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On the centenary of his birth, in the city where he was born, he was memorialised when the Lyon Satolas Airport was renamed the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
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1999· 1 entry
The Government of Quebec and Quebec City added a historical marker to the family home of Charles De Koninck, head of the Department of Philosophy at Université Laval, where the Saint-Exupérys stayed while lecturing in Ca
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1990· 1 entry
“(IW Pax, Warszawa 1990; tłum. Aleksandra Olędzka-Frybesowa)”
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1989· 1 entry
“Für den Menschen gibt es nur eine Wahrheit, das ist die, die aus ihm einen Menschen macht." – Wind, Sand und Sterne, Karl Rauch Verlag, 1989, 18. Auflage, S.180”
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1977· 1 entry
“(PIW, Warszawa 1977; tłum. Anna Cierniakówna)”
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1972· 1 entry
The German magazine Der Landser quoted a letter from Luftwaffe reconnaissance pilot Robert Heichele, in which he purportedly claimed to have shot down a P-38 on 31 July 1944
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1966· 1 entry
To formalize their new parent organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
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1960· 1 entry
The humanitarian organization Terre des hommes, named after Saint-Exupéry's 1939 philosophical memoir Terre des hommes (titled as Wind, Sand and Stars in English), was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland by Edmond Kaiser
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1951· 1 entry
“Die Zukunft soll man nicht voraussehen wollen, sondern möglich machen." - Die Stadt in der Wüste. Deutsch von Oswalt von Nostitz. Düsseldorf: Rauch 1951, S. 172”
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1948· 3 entries
Awarded mort pour la France (1948).
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Awarded Ambassadors' Prize for Citadelle (1948).
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With an 80 franc airmail stamp honouring him (CB1), and later with another stamp honouring both him and airmail pioneer Jean Mermoz, plus the supersonic Concorde passenger airliner, in 1970 (C43)
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1944· 20 entries
Died 1944-07-31.
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“Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings”
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“La terre nous en apprend plus long sur nous que tous les livres. Parce qu’elle nous résiste. L’homme se découvre quand il se mesure avec l’obstacle.”
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“Aquello por lo cual aceptas morir es solo por lo que puedes vivir.”
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“Cywilizacja zaczyna się od tego, co najistotniejsze. Jest ona najpierw w człowieku ślepym pragnieniem ciepła. Potem człowiek, błądząc, odnajduje drogę prowadzącą do ognia.”
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“Lettre à Pierre Dalloz, 30 juillet 1944.”
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“Mais n’espère rien de l’homme s’il travaille pour sa propre vie et non pour son éternité.”
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“Byłoby mi przykro, gdyby moją książkę traktowano niepoważnie.”
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“Aqueles que procuram agradar se enganam. Para agradar, tornam-se maleáveis, apressam-se a corresponder a todos os desejos. E acabam por trair-se em todas as coisas, para ser como os desejam. Que fazer com seres que não têm ossos nem forma?”
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“Jeśli chcesz zbudować statek, nie gromadź ludzi, by zbierali drewno i rozdzielali obowiązki, ale wzbudź w nich tęsknotę za rozległym i niekończącym się morzem.”
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“Ce qui donne un sens à la vie donne un sens à la mort.”
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“Być człowiekiem to czuć, kładąc swą cegłę, że bierze się udział w budowaniu świata.”
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“L’homme est cible sur terre pour des tireurs secrets.”
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“Essay handed to Life magazine photojournalist John Phillips before Saint-Exupéry's final reconnaissance mission (31 July 1944) · Full text online · PDF”
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“Wodo, nie masz ani smaku, ani koloru, ani zapachu. Nie można Ciebie opisać. Pije się Ciebie, nie znając Ciebie. Nie jesteś niezbędną do życia: jesteś samym życiem (…). Jesteś największym bogactwem, jakie istnieje na ziemi.”
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“französischer Schriftsteller”
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“Idąc prosto przed siebie nie można zajść daleko…”
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“Amar no es mirarse el uno al otro; es mirar juntos en la misma dirección.”
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“Lettre à Pierre Chevrier, 30 juillet 1944.”
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“Aquel que quiere viajar feliz, debe viajar ligero.”
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1943· 2 entries
Despite being past the maximum age for a war pilot and in declining health
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“Wie wenig Lärm machen die wirklichen Wunder." – Brief an eine Geisel (1943) / Bekenntnis einer Freundschaft”
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1942· 2 entries
“Pilote de Guerre (1942) (translated into English as Flight to Arras)”
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Due to the removal of a derogatory remark which was made about Hitler (which Gallimard failed to reinsert in subsequent editions after World War II)
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1941· 2 entries
“Die Erfahrung lehrt uns, dass Liebe nicht darin besteht, dass man einander ansieht, sondern dass man gemeinsam in gleicher Richtung blickt." – Wind, Sand und Sterne, Karl Rauch Verlag 1941, S. 216; 18. Auflage 1989, S. 178, Übersetzung Henrik Becker”
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“Vollkommenheit entsteht offensichtlich nicht dann, wenn man nichts mehr hinzuzufügen hat, sondern wenn man nichts mehr wegnehmen kann." - Wind, Sand und Sterne, Karl Rauch Verlag 1941, S. 60; 18. Auflage 1989, S. 48 f., Übersetzung Henrik Becker”
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1940· 3 entries
Awarded Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (1940).
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And was posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Palme in 1944
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Saint-Exupéry flew a Bloch MB
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1939· 7 entries
Awarded National Book Award (1939).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1939).
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Awarded Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Wind, Sand and Stars (1939).
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Awarded National Book Award for Nonfiction for Wind, Sand and Stars (1939).
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As 'The Elements' in Wind, Sand and Stars)
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“(Original. franz.: "Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher." - Terre des Hommes, III: L'Avion, p. 60 (1939))”
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“Unless otherwise noted, as translated into English as Wind, Sand and Stars (1939) by Lewis Galantière”
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1936· 1 entry
“Ch. IX Barcelona and Madrid (1936)”
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1931· 2 entries
Awarded Prix Femina for Night Flight (1931).
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“Vol de Nuit (1931) (translated into English as Night Flight)”
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1930· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1930).
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1929· 2 entries
Saint-Exupéry was transferred to Argentina, where he was appointed director of the Aeroposta Argentina airline
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His first book, Courrier Sud (Southern Mail) was published
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1928· 1 entry
“Lettre à Yvonne de Lestrange Juby, fin 1928”
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1926· 1 entry
In a short-lived literary magazine, Le Navire d'Argent (The Silver Ship)
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1921· 1 entry
Saint-Exupéry began his military service as a basic-rank soldier with the 2e Régiment de chasseurs à cheval (2nd Mounted Hunters Regiment) and was sent to Neuhof, near Strasbourg
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1917· 1 entry
Studied at Villa St. Jean International School (1915–1917).
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1915· 1 entry
Studied at Notre Dame de Mongré High School (1914–1915).
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1900· 1 entry
Born 1900-06-29.
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1897· 1 entry
“Die Sprache ist die Quelle aller Mißverständnisse." - Der kleine Prinz, Kapitel XXI, Deutsch von Grete und Josef (1897-1952) Leitgeb, Karl Rauch Verlag, 59. Auflage, Düsseldorf, 1950 und 1998, ISBN 3-7920-0027-X, S.69”
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