Fun Facts About Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote The Little Prince after a publisher's wife urged him to write a children's book to calm his nerves and compete with the Mary Poppins stories.[3]
- Saint-Exupéry added the hyphen to his surname only after moving to the United States, because he was annoyed at being called "Mr. Exupéry."[3]
- The Little Prince was written in New York and first published in the United States in 1943; it reached France only after his death, because the Vichy regime had banned his works.[3]
- As an airmail station manager in the Sahara, Saint-Exupéry negotiated the release of downed pilots taken hostage by desert tribes, earning his first Legion of Honor.[3]
- In 1998, a fisherman near Marseille found Saint-Exupéry's silver identity bracelet, and in 2000 a diver found the wreckage of his P-38 plane nearby.[3]
- Saint-Exupéry wrote that his dying younger brother François "fell as gently as a tree falls," imagery he later reworked into the ending of The Little Prince.[3]
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was alive at the same time as Giuseppe Verdi — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1900–1901).[1][2][4][5]
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Franz Liszt died on the same day of the year, July 31.[1][2][6][7]
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry, known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator. He is best known as the author of The Little Prince.[1]
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Questions About Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
When was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry born?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born on June 29, 1900, and died on July 31, 1944.
How old was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry at death?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born on June 29, 1900, and died on July 31, 1944, at age 44.
What was Antoine de Saint-Exupéry known for?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was known for: Aviator and author of The Little Prince. Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry, known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator. He is best known as the author of The Little Prince.
Who was alive at the same time as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's closest contemporary was Henry Ford. Their lives overlapped for 44 years.
Sources
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Q2908) — Wikidata
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
- Giuseppe Verdi (Q7317) — Wikidata
- Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
- Franz Liszt (Q41309) — Wikidata
- Portrait: Antoine de Saint-Euxpery (1920).jpg — Wikimedia Commons. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/29-june-1900/, Public domain