Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, journalist, and pioneering aviator. Born into an aristocratic family in Lyon, he became a commercial pilot in the 1920s, flying airmail routes across Europe, Africa, and South America. His experiences as a pilot deeply influenced his literary work, which includes celebrated books such as 'Night Flight', 'Wind, Sand and Stars', and his most famous work, 'The Little Prince'. During World War II, he served in the French Air Force and later the Free French Air Forces. He disappeared during a reconnaissance mission over the Mediterranean in 1944.