“I did not know what to say to him. I felt awkward and blundering. I did not know how I could reach him, where I could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him once more.”

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.