SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French Writer, Poet and pioneering Aviator. French aristocrat who became a ...

SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French Writer, Poet and pioneering Aviator. French aristocrat who became a laureate of several France's highest literary awards and is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince ('Le Petit Prince'), 1943, and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Night Flight (1931) and Wind, Sand and Stars (1939). Rare autograph manuscript by Saint-Exupery, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Saint-Exupery, in his usual very difficult writing, seems to annotate twelve lengthy lines of his thoughts which could be a draft for one of his articles for the newspapers. The partially transcribed document states in part `It was simply a man´s house….and I was feeling as we were all friends.. But I was embarking in this deceiving drama… this room with the curtains closed..´ Overall age wear, mostly to edges with very small minor tears not affecting the text, otherwise G Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean on a reconnaissance mission in July 1944, and is believed to have died at that time. Prior to the war, Saint-Exupéry had achieved fame in France as an aviator. His literary works - among them The Little Prince, translated into over 250 languages and dialects - posthumously boosted his stature to national hero status in France.