Artist Profile: Saint Exupery (Antoine de Saint-Exupery), 1900 was born in Lyon, France, 1921--1923 in service in the French Air Force, was a reserve pilot, and later became the civil aviation pilots, attended French open - Africa - South America working on international routes, during which he also engaged in literary writing, works with "South line of flight" (1930), "night" (1931) and so on.
Nazi Germany invaded France in 1939, in view of Saint-Exupery has repeatedly injured, doctors believe he could no longer enlisted war; but after he insisted, participated in the war against Germany, was incorporated into the Air Force reconnaissance 2/33 brigade. 1940 French defeat in the war, where his heavy troop losses, the department was transferred to Algiers, then demobilization namely, his exile in the United States alone. During the United States, he continued to engage in writing, in 1940 issued a "fighter pilot" in 1943 published a "Letter to a hostage," and "The Little Prince."
In 1943, under his strong request, he returned to the base of the war in North Africa, France Algiers. His superiors consider his physical condition and age, he only agreed to perform five missions, he was requested to eight, July 31, 1944 morning, he set sail eighth task execution, and never come back, when the sacrifice, only 44 years old.
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