1. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

2. Outline
• Youth and aviation
• Writing career
• Saint-Exupery in the WWII
• Disappearance
• Literary works
• Honours
• Popular culture

3. 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.

4. Youth and aviation
He 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 François
tragically died of
rheumatic fever. This
tragedy almost broke
his life.

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