Saint Exupéry

Information about Saint Exupéry

What were Saint Exupéry professions?

He worked in different companies in Paris. He also worked as a pilot to fly with tourist over Paris. Later he worked as an author.

When did he live?

He lived from 1900 to 1944 and this was the time of the second world warfare.

What did he love to do?

He loved it to fly and to write.

Character:

Antoine Saint-Exupéry was a man who loved adventures. He as a person was really dreamy which you can notice in his books. He lived in his own fantasy world and before the second world war he wrote a lot about heroism.  When he escaped from France to Africa and later New York his mind changed and he was also very sensitive. With his world as a pilot before the second world war he felt as a hero. The war changed him because he couldn’t realize and handle all this horrible experiences. He was depressed and that’s one of the reasons because people think he committed suicide.

Facts of his life:

-born 29. June 1990

-died 1944

- 1921-1923: training as a mechanic and after as a pilot.

- 1926: first book (“ L’aviateur”)

- 1929: he went as a pilot to South America

- 1931: second book (“Vole de nuit“)

- 1939: (Terre de hommes)

- 1941: he went to New York

- 1944: The little prince