AntoineDeSaintExupery
Last edit December 9, 2005
Author of several books of simple tone and warm human fibre, some often read by or to children, many of which have been translated from their native French into English.
Vol De Nuit
("
NightFlight
")
Le Petit Prince
("
TheLittlePrince
")
WindSandAndStars
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
was a professional pilot doing "nightflights" on South America. He crashed as an Allied pilot during WW II near Cannes.
His most famous quote is probably
PerfectionIsAchieved
.
Wikipedia entry:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exupery
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