Saint-Exupery: A Biography
#2325 of 3,809 books · #842 in Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1995).
A fascinating account of the life of one of the century's great eccentrics - the brilliant Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Born in 1900 of impoverished aristocracy, he swiftly developed a mania for aviation, despite his chaotic mind and total technological incompetence. He flew reconnaissance missions in the War and wrote some strange and wonderful books, including the classic children's story THE LITTLE PRINCE, between theatrically executed airplane crashed. He died in the air in 1944, and his brief life instantly acquired mythical status.
- Publisher
- Random House
- ISBN-13
- 9781446485323
- Genre
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(1995)
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