Friday, June 29, 2018

Born on this day in 1900

On this day, June 29, 1900 French poet and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon. He died at the young age of 44.

Probably his best known work is The Little Prince.

2 comments:

Póló said...

A little gem for young and old, and inbetween alike.

I have it in the original French, English, Irish (2 translations) and Dutch.

Michael Commane said...

I have the German version - somewhere. It was my first book to read in German.

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