Saint-Exupéry disappeared on a solo flight in July 1944 while photographing southern France in preparation for an Allied landing there.
Just one year before, the 44-year-old veteran pilot had published The Little Prince, which went on to become one of the best-loved books of all time.
—‘Little Prince’ author’s plane wreck found after 6 decades (CBC News)
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I barely remember it myself… time to make a trip to the library.
Le Petit Prince–c’est un de mes livres favorit. (It’s one of my favorite books.) I read it in French once. The translation doesn’t do it justice, if you ask me.