Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Outline

• Youth and aviation

• Writing career

• Saint-Exupery in the WWII

• Disappearance

• Literary works

• Honours

• Popular culture

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, compte de Saint Exupéry was born on 29 June 1900 and died on 31 July 1944.

He was a famous french aristocrat, writer, poet and pioneering aviator.

He became a laureate of several of France’s highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award.

Youth and aviationHe was born in Lyon to an aristocratic family, was the third of five children.

Their father, an executive of the insurance brokerage, died unexpectedly and it had a great affect on the entire family, transforming their status to “impoverished aristocrats”.

At the age of 15 his brother Françoistragically died of rheumatic fever. This tragedy almost broke his life.

• In his early years he failed twice his final exams at a preparatory Naval Academy.