Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupéry, (born June 29, 1900, Lyon, France

The Little Prince

FABLE BY SAINT-EXUPÉRY

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Alternative Title: “Le Petit Prince”

The Little Prince, French Le Petit Prince, fable and modern classic by French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that was published with his own illustrations in French as Le Petit Prince in 1943. The simple tale tells the story of a child, the little prince, who travels the universe gaining wisdom. The novellahas been translated into hundreds of languages and has sold some 200 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling books in publishing history. /.../
—died July 31, 1944, near Marseille)