Some of my all-time favorite authors.
Okay, Tonio is my favorite. Hands down. No matter what you write or read, if you haven't enjoyed his prose, I encourage you to do so. The Little Prince is his masterpiece, but he wrote a variety of other books.
The Little Prince offers so much beauty and idealism and summary of how to live. It's prophetic and insightful and even satirical... It's hard for me to articulate thoughts.
But Tonio also wrote about his experiences in France during the interwar era and the second World War, so history buffs can enjoy him.
He also wrote novels about his experience as a pilot in the early days of aviation, so if you like plans, or want a tale of boys, machines and adventure, he's your man.
All of his work reads true to emotion, to life, and it's a good reminder of what we need to express as writers and the versatility that may be required to tell our stories. He's a multi-faceted, multi-talented man.
We all need to strive for that much depth in our lives. Not just as writers, but as people. Do we?
From wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[1] (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃tɛɡzypeˈʀi]) (29 June 1900—31 July 1944) was a French writer and aviator. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince), and for his books about aviation adventures, including Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars.
He was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, joining the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) on the outbreak of war, flying reconnaissance missions until the armistice with Germany. Following a spell of writing in the United States, he joined the Free French Forces. He disappeared on a reconnaissance flight over the Mediterranean in July 1944.
While not precisely autobiographical, much of Saint-Exupéry's work is inspired by his experiences as a pilot. One exception is The Little Prince, a poetic self-illustrated tale in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince from a tiny asteroid. The Little Prince is a philosophical story, including societal criticism and remarking on the strangeness of the adult world.
- L'Aviateur (1926)
- Courrier Sud (1929) (translated into English as Southern Mail)
- Vol de Nuit (1931) (Night Flight)
- Terre des Hommes (1939) (Wind, Sand and Stars) - Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
- Pilote de Guerre (1942) (Flight to Arras)
- Le Petit Prince (1943) (The Little Prince)
- Lettre à un Otage (1944) (Letter to a Hostage)
- Citadelle (1948) (The Wisdom of the Sands), posthumous, ISBN 9780226733722
- Lettres de jeunesse (1953), posthumous
- Carnets (1953), posthumous
- Lettres à sa mère (1955), posthumous
- Écrits de guerre (1982) (Wartime Writings 1939-1944), posthumous
- Manon, danseuse (2007), posthumous
- Lettres à l'inconnue (2008), posthumous
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