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About Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer, poet, journalist and aviator
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, journalist, and aviator. He is best known as the author of The Little Prince. His work combines literary writing with the experience of flight, which shaped both his reputation and the tone of his best-known book. He is remembered for prose that moves between travel, reflection, and the wider human concerns that appear in his writing.
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Books by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Le petit prince
1971
Vol de nuit
1974
Terre des hommes
1966
Pilote de guerre
2007