2. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• He is also known as Antoine Marie Jean-
Baptiste Roger.
• French writer, poet, journalist, and
pioneering aviator.
• Born on June 9, 1900 in Lyon, France, and
tragically disappeared on July 30, 1944, near
Marseille.
3. • Saint-Exupéry's works are a unique
testimony of a pilot and warrior who
looked at adventure and danger with a
poet's eyes. He is best known for his
literary masterpiece, "The Little Prince,"
a beloved children's fable that has
captured the hearts of readers
worldwide.
4. • His aviation experiences greatly
influenced his literary career, and his
writings often reflect his deep
understanding of human nature and the
human condition. Saint-Exupéry's
stories of survival and his mysterious
disappearance in a plane crash have
added to the intrigue and fascination
surrounding his life.
6. “The Little Prince”
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
[overview]
The story begins with a pilot who has
crashed his plane in the Sahara Desert.
While trying to repair his plane, he is
approached by a small boy, the Little
Prince, who asks him to draw a sheep.
The Little Prince comes from a tiny, far-
off planet (Asteroid B-612), where he
lives alone and spends his time
cleaning volcanoes and pulling up
unwanted seeds, particularly those of
the baobab tree. He loves a rose that
lives on his planet, but her vanity and
demands become too much for him, so
7. He visits several planets, each
inhabited by a single, irrational
adult, and these encounters
satirically represent various
aspects of adult society. The Little
Prince’s journey finally brings him
to Earth, where he befriends a fox
who teaches him that the
important things in life are visible
only to the heart, not the eyes.
The story ends with the Little
Prince returning to his asteroid,
leaving the pilot alone in the
desert. The pilot looks at the stars
and thinks of the Little Prince,
reminding us of the enduring
power of friendship and the
8. “ It is only with
the heart that
one can see
rightly; What is
essential is
invisible to the
eye”
~The Little Prince~