A biography of Saint Exupery. “You just have to grow up, and a merciful God leaves you to your fate.”

Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger de Saint-Exupéry. Born June 29, 1900 in Lyon, France - died July 31, 1944. French writer, poet and professional pilot.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in the French city of Lyon, descended from an old family of Périgord nobles, and was the third of five children of Viscount Jean de Saint-Exupéry and his wife Marie de Fontcolombes. At the age of four he lost his father. Education little Antoine mother was doing.

In 1912, at the aviation field in Amberier, Saint-Exupéry took off for the first time in an airplane. The car was piloted by the famous pilot Gabriel Wroblewski.

Exupery entered the School of the Christian Brothers of St. Bartholomew in Lyon (1908), then with his brother François he studied at the Jesuit College of Sainte-Croix in Manse - until 1914, after which they continued their studies in Friborg (Switzerland) at the Marist College, preparing to enter the Ecole Naval (he took a preparatory course at the Naval Lyceum Saint-Louis in Paris), but did not pass the competition. In 1919, he enrolled as a volunteer at the Academy. fine arts to the Department of Architecture.

The turning point in his fate was 1921 - then he was drafted into the army in France. Having interrupted the deferment he received upon entering higher education educational institution, Antoine enlisted in the 2nd Fighter Regiment in Strasbourg. At first he is assigned to a work team at repair shops, but soon he manages to pass the exam to become a civilian pilot. He is transferred to Morocco, where he receives a military pilot's license, and then sent to Istres for improvement. In 1922, Antoine completed the course for reserve officers in Aurora and became a junior lieutenant. In October he was assigned to the 34th Aviation Regiment at Bourges near Paris. In January 1923, he suffered his first plane crash and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He will be discharged in March. Exupery moved to Paris, where he betrayed himself writing. However, at first he was not successful in this field and was forced to take on any job: he sold cars, he was a salesman in a bookstore.

Only in 1926 did Exupery find his calling - he became a pilot for the Aeropostal company, which delivered mail to the northern coast of Africa. In the spring, he begins work transporting mail on the line Toulouse - Casablanca, then Casablanca - Dakar. On October 19, 1926, he was appointed head of the Cap Jubi intermediate station (city of Villa Bens), on the very edge of the Sahara.

Here he writes his first work - “Southern Postal”.

In March 1929, Saint-Exupery returned to France, where he entered the highest aviation courses navy in Brest. Soon, Gallimard's publishing house published the novel "Southern Post Office", and Exupery left for South America as technical director"Aeroposta - Argentina", a branch of the company "Aeropostal". In 1930, Saint-Exupéry was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor for his contribution to the development of civil aviation. In June, he personally participated in the search for his friend the pilot Guillaume, who suffered an accident while flying over the Andes. In the same year, Saint-Exupéry wrote “Night Flight” and met his future wife Consuelo from El Salvador.

In 1930, Saint-Exupéry returned to France and received a three-month vacation. In April, he married Consuelo Sunsin (April 16, 1901 - May 28, 1979), but the couple, as a rule, lived separately. On March 13, 1931, the Aeropostal company was declared bankrupt. Saint-Exupery returned to work as a postal line pilot France - South America and served the segment Casablanca - Port Etienne - Dakar. In October 1931, Night Flight was published, and the writer was awarded the Femina literary prize. He takes leave again and moves to Paris.

In February 1932, Exupery again began working for the Latecoera airline and flew as a co-pilot on a seaplane serving the Marseille-Algeria line. Didier Dora, a former Aeropostal pilot, soon got him a job as a test pilot, and Saint-Exupéry almost died while testing a new seaplane in the Bay of Saint-Raphael. The seaplane capsized, and he barely managed to get out of the cabin of the sinking car.

In 1934, Exupery went to work for the Air France airline (formerly Aeropostal), as a representative of the company, traveling to Africa, Indochina and other countries.

In April 1935, as a correspondent for the Paris-Soir newspaper, Saint-Exupéry visited the USSR and described this visit in five essays. The essay “Crime and Punishment in the Face of Soviet Justice” became one of the first works of Western writers in which an attempt was made to comprehend Stalinism. On May 3, 1935, he met with, which was recorded in E. S. Bulgakov’s diary.

Soon, Saint-Exupéry became the owner of his own aircraft, the C.630 Simun, and on December 29, 1935, he attempted to set a record on the Paris-Saigon flight, but suffered an accident in the Libyan desert, again barely escaping death. On January 1, he and the mechanic Prevost, dying of thirst, were rescued by Bedouins.

In August 1936, according to an agreement with the newspaper Entransijan, he went to Spain, where he Civil War, and publishes a number of reports in the newspaper.

In January 1938, Exupery traveled aboard the Ile de France to New York. Here he proceeds to work on the book “Planet of People”. On February 15, he begins the flight from New York to Tierra del Fuego, but suffers a serious accident in Guatemala, after which he recovers for a long time, first in New York and then in France.

On September 4, 1939, the day after France declared war on Germany, Saint-Exupéry arrived at the place of mobilization at the Toulouse-Montaudran military airfield and on November 3 was transferred to an air unit long-range reconnaissance 2/33, which is based in Orconte (Champagne province). This was his response to his friends’ persuasion to abandon the risky career of a military pilot. Many tried to convince Saint-Exupéry that he would bring much more benefit to the country as a writer and journalist, that thousands of pilots could be trained and that he should not risk his life. But Saint-Exupery achieved appointment to a combat unit. In one of his letters in November 1939, he writes: “I am obliged to participate in this war. Everything I love is at risk. In Provence, when the forest burns, everyone who cares grabs buckets and shovels. I want to fight, love and my inner religion force me to do this. I can’t stand by and watch this calmly.”.

Saint-Exupéry made several combat missions on a Block-174 aircraft, performing aerial photographic reconnaissance missions, and was nominated for the Croix de Guerre award. In June 1941, after the defeat of France, he moved to his sister in the unoccupied part of the country, and later went to the United States. Lived in New York, where, among other things, he wrote his most famous book « A little prince"(1942, publ. 1943). In 1943, he joined the Air Force of “Fighting France” and with great difficulty achieved his enrollment in a combat unit. He had to master piloting the new high-speed Lightning P-38 aircraft.

“I have a funny craft for my age. The next one in age is six years younger than me. But, of course, I prefer my current life - breakfast at six in the morning, a dining room, a tent or a whitewashed room, flying at an altitude of ten thousand meters in a world forbidden to humans - to unbearable Algerian idleness... ... I chose work for maximum wear and tear and, because necessary I always push myself to the end, I won’t back down anymore. I just wish this vile war would end before I fade away like a candle in a stream of oxygen. I have something to do after it.”(from a letter to Jean Pelissier, July 9-10, 1944).

On July 31, 1944, Saint-Exupery set off from Borgo airfield on the island of Corsica on a reconnaissance flight and did not return.

For a long time nothing was known about his death. And only in 1998, in the sea near Marseille, a fisherman discovered a bracelet.

There were several inscriptions on it: “Antoine”, “Consuelo” (that was the name of the pilot’s wife) and “c/o Reynal & Hitchcock, 386 4th Ave. NYC USA." This was the address of the publishing house where Saint-Exupery's books were published. In May 2000, diver Luc Vanrel said that at a depth of 70 meters he discovered the wreckage of an airplane that may have belonged to Saint-Exupéry. The remains of the plane were scattered over a strip one kilometer long and 400 meters wide. Almost immediately, the French government banned any searches in the area. Permission was received only in the fall of 2003. Experts recovered fragments of the plane. One of them turned out to be part of the pilot's cabin; the serial number of the aircraft was preserved: 2734-L. Using American military archives, scientists compared all the numbers of aircraft that disappeared during this period. Thus, it turned out that the onboard serial number 2734-L corresponds to the aircraft, which in the US Air Force was listed under the number 42-68223, that is, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft, modification F-5B-1-LO (long-range photo reconnaissance aircraft), which was managed by Exupery.

Luftwaffe logs contain no records of aircraft shot down in this area on July 31, 1944, and the wreckage itself does not show obvious signs of shelling. This gave rise to many theories about the crash, including versions of a technical malfunction and the suicide of the pilot.

According to press publications from March 2008, the German Luftwaffe veteran 86-year-old Horst Rippert, a pilot of the Jagdgruppe 200 squadron, stated that it was he who shot down the plane of Antoine de Saint-Exupery in his Messerschmitt Me-109 fighter. According to his statements, he did not know who was at the controls of the enemy plane: “I did not see the pilot, only later did I find out that it was Saint-Exupery.”

The fact that Saint-Exupery was the pilot of the downed plane became known to the Germans on the same days from radio interceptions of negotiations at French airfields carried out by German troops. The absence of corresponding entries in the Luftwaffe logs is due to the fact that, apart from Horst Rippert, there were no other witnesses to the air battle, and this plane was not officially counted as shot down.

His short life was not easy: at the age of four he lost his father, who belonged to the dynasty of counts, and his mother took upon herself all the cares of raising him. Over the course of his entire pilot career, he suffered 15 accidents and was seriously injured several times, coming close to death. However, despite all this, Exupery was able to leave his mark on history not only as an excellent pilot, but also as a writer who gave the world, for example, “The Little Prince.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in the French city of Lyon to Count Jean-Marc Saint-Exupéry, who was an insurance inspector, and his wife Marie Bois de Fontcolombes. The family came from an old family of Perigord nobles.

At first future writer studied in Mansa, at the Jesuit College of Sainte-Croix. After that - in Sweden in Friburg in a Catholic boarding school. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in the department of architecture. In October 1919, he enrolled as a volunteer in the National high school Fine Arts in the Department of Architecture.

The turning point in his fate was 1921 - then he was drafted into the army in France. At first he is assigned to a work team at repair shops, but soon he manages to pass the exam to become a civilian pilot.

In January 1923, he suffered his first plane crash and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Afterwards, Exupery moved to Paris, where he devoted himself to writing. However, at first he was not successful in this field and was forced to take on any job: he sold cars, he was a salesman in a bookstore.

Only in 1926 did Exupery find his calling - he became a pilot for the Aeropostal company, which delivered mail to the northern coast of Africa.

On October 19, 1926, he was appointed head of the Cap Jubi intermediate station, on the very edge of the Sahara. Here he writes his first work - “Southern Postal”. In March 1929, Saint-Exupery returned to France, where he entered the highest aviation courses of the naval fleet in Brest. Soon, Gallimard's publishing house published the novel "South Postal", and Exupery left for South America.

In 1930, Saint-Exupéry was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor for his contribution to the development of civil aviation. In the same year, Saint-Exupéry wrote “Night Flight” and met his future wife Consuelo from El Salvador.

In the spring of 1935, Antoine became a correspondent for the Paris-Soir newspaper. He was sent on a business trip to the USSR. After the trip, Antoine wrote and published an essay “Crime and Punishment in the Face of Soviet Justice.” This work became the first Western publication in which the author attempted to comprehend and understand Stalin's strict regime.

Soon, Saint-Exupéry became the owner of his own aircraft, the S. 630 “Simun”, and on December 29, 1935, he attempted to set a record on the Paris-Saigon flight, but suffered an accident in the Libyan desert, barely escaping death.

In January 1938, Exupery went to New York. Here he proceeds to work on the book “Planet of People”. On February 15, he begins the flight from New York to Tierra del Fuego, but suffers a serious accident in Guatemala, after which he recovers for a long time, first in New York and then in France.

During World War II, Saint-Exupery made several combat missions in a Block 174 aircraft, performing aerial photographic reconnaissance missions, and was nominated for the Military Cross award. In June 1941, after the defeat of France, he moved to his sister in the unoccupied part of the country, and later went to the United States. He lived in New York, where, among other things, he wrote his most famous book, The Little Prince.

On July 31, 1944, Saint-Exupery set off from Borgo airfield on the island of Corsica on a reconnaissance flight and did not return. For a long time nothing was known about his death, and they thought that he crashed in the Alps. And only in 1998, in the sea near Marseille, a fisherman discovered a bracelet.

In May 2000, diver Luc Vanrel said that at a depth of 70 meters he discovered the wreckage of an airplane that may have belonged to Saint-Exupéry. The remains of the plane were scattered over a strip one kilometer long and 400 meters wide.

In 2008, German Luftwaffe veteran 86-year-old Horst Rippert said that it was he who shot down Antoine de Saint-Exupery in his Messerschmitt Me-109 fighter. According to Rippert, he confessed in order to clear Saint-Exupéry's name from accusations of desertion or suicide. According to him, he would not have fired if he had known who was at the controls of the enemy plane. However, pilots who served with Rippert express doubt about the veracity of his words.

The French Air and Space Museum is the oldest aviation museum in the world

Now the raised wreckage of Exupery's plane is in the Aviation and Space Museum in Le Bourget.

"Too much early death is tantamount to robbery: in order to fulfill one’s calling in life, one must live a long time,” wrote (1900 - 1944) in one of his later articles. The author seemed to have a presentiment of his imminent death.

On July 31, 1944, he went on another combat mission and did not return. For a long time, Exupery was listed as missing. Only half a century after his disappearance were fragments of his plane and personal belongings found. How much more could he have given to humanity if he had not died on that ill-fated July day...

We have selected 20 wonderful quotes from his books:

By working only for material benefits, we build a prison for ourselves. And we lock ourselves in alone, and all our riches are dust and ashes, they are powerless to give us something worth living for. "Planet of People"
There are too many people in the world who have not been helped to awaken. "Planet of People"
I recognize friendship by the absence of disappointments, true love due to the impossibility of being offended.
Words only interfere with understanding each other.
I love light in a person. I don't care about the thickness of the candle. The flame will tell me if the candle is good.
Freedom exists only for someone who strives somewhere. "Military pilot"
Demagoguery arises when, in the absence of a general measure, the principle of equality degenerates into the principle of identity. "Military pilot"
Order for the sake of order is a disfigurement of life.
Vain people are deaf to everything except praise.
It is much more difficult to judge yourself than others.
Truth is not something that can be proven; this is what makes the world simpler. "Meaning of life"
Free a person, and he will want to create.
The salvation is to take the first step. "Planet of People"
It is impossible to love a woman herself, you can love thanks to her, love with her help. To love thanks to poems, but not the poems themselves. To love thanks to the landscape that opens from the top of the mountain.
You are forever responsible for everyone you have tamed.
You can't make old friends quickly. There is no treasure more valuable than so many common memories, so many difficult hours experienced together, so many quarrels, reconciliations, emotional outbursts. Such friendship is the fruit for long years. When planting an oak tree, it’s funny to dream that you will soon find shelter in its shade. That's how life works. "Planet of People"
You live in your actions, not in your body. You are your actions, and there is no other you.
The Earth itself knows what kind of grain it needs... “Planet of People”
What's the use political doctrines, which promise the blossoming of a person, if we do not know in advance what kind of person they will grow? Who will their triumph produce? We are not cattle that need to be fattened, and when one poor Pascal appears, this is incomparably more important than the birth of a dozen prosperous nonentities. "Planet of People"
When you try to find yourself, you are doomed to find emptiness.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born on June 29, 1900, in Lyon, France. When Antoine was 4 years old, his father died of intracerebral hemorrhage.

He received his primary education at St. Christian Brothers School. Bartholomew. From 1908 to 1914 Studied at the Jesuit College of Sainte-Croix.

It first took to the air in 1912. The aircraft was flown by the outstanding pilot G. Wroblewski. In 1919, the future writer enrolled as a volunteer student at the National Higher School of Fine Arts, in the architectural department.

In the sky

After successfully passing the exam, he received his military pilot's license. In 1922 he received the rank of junior lieutenant. A year later, he was involved in the first plane crash in his life, which resulted in a traumatic brain injury.

After his commission, he moved to Paris and devoted himself literary creativity. But he did not stop yearning for heaven. In 1926, Exupery received a position as a pilot at the Aeropostal company.

In the same year, having received the post of head of an intermediate station on the edge of the Sahara, he created the novel “Southern Post Office”.

Correspondent pilot

In 1931, Exupery wrote and published the novel “Night Flight”, which received a prestigious literary prize"Femina"

In the spring of 1935, as a correspondent for the Lari Soir newspaper, Exupery visited Soviet Union. The writer described his impressions in detail in five short stories. In fact, he was the first Western writer who tried to comprehend the essence of Stalinism in writing.

In 1938, he published the novel “Planet of People,” which many critics described as “an ode to humanism.” In 1939, this novel received a prestigious award - Big bonus French Academy. In the same year the novel received National Award USA.

The Second World War

During World War II, Exupery flew on the Blok-174 plane. He flew several combat missions. He completed many aerial photographic reconnaissance tasks, for which he was eventually nominated for the Military Cross award.

When France was defeated by Nazi Germany, Exupery moved to the United States. There he wrote a fairy tale novel for children and adults, “The Little Prince.” The book was published in 1943.

In the same year, Exupery returned to the front and successfully mastered piloting the Lighting P-38, the latest high-speed aircraft.

On July 31, 1944, Exupery went on a reconnaissance flight. He never returned back. The circumstances of his death still remain unclear. The wreckage of the plane on which the writer is believed to have crashed is now in the Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget.

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The writer loved to show card tricks and mastered many techniques perfectly.
Exupery made his contribution not only to literature. He is the author of several inventions in the aviation field. The writer has patents for these inventions.
At the heart of the writer’s most striking novel, “Planet of People,” is real fact from his life. Some time before its creation, Exupery was involved in another plane crash while flying from Paris to Saigon.
Exupery is the prototype of the hero S. Lukyanenko. This character, a pilot and writer, appears in the novel “Sky Seekers”. The hero's name is Antoine of Lyon.
The airport in Lyon is named after the writer. Also named after him is asteroid 2578, which was discovered by T. Smirnova in 1975. And in 2003, the asteroid’s moon was named after the Little Prince.
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Name: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Age: 44 years old

Activity: writer, poet, pilot

Family status: was married

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: biography

Antoine de Saint-Exupery is a writer whose name is known to everyone who is familiar with the book “The Little Prince”. The biography of the author of the unforgettable work is full of incredible events and coincidences, because his main activity was related to aviation.

Childhood and youth

The full name of the writer is Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger de Saint-Exupéry. As a child, the boy's name was Tony. He was born on June 29, 1900 in Lyon, into a noble family, and was the 3rd child of 5 children. The head of the family died when little Tony was 4 years old. The family was left without funds and moved to their aunt, who lived on Place Bellecour. There was a catastrophic lack of money, but this was compensated by the friendship between brothers and sisters. Antoine was especially close to his brother Francois.

The mother instilled in the child a love of books and literature, talking about the value of art. Published letters remind us of her tender friendship with her son. Interested in his mother's lessons, the boy was also interested in technology and chose what he wanted to devote himself to.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery studied at a Christian school in Lyon, and then at a Jesuit school in Montreux. At the age of 14, through the efforts of his mother, he was sent to a Swiss Catholic boarding school. In 1917, Antoine entered the Faculty of Architecture at the Paris School of Fine Arts. The bachelor, with a diploma in hand, was preparing to enter the Naval Lyceum, but failed in the competitive selection. A great loss for Antoine was the death of his brother from articular rheumatism. Loss loved one he was worried, withdrawn into himself.

Aviation

Antoine dreamed of the sky since childhood. He first flew at the age of 12 thanks to the famous pilot Gabriel Wroblewski, who took him to the airfield in Amberier for fun. The impressions he received were enough for him to understand what would become the goal of his whole life.

1921 changed a lot in Antoine's life. After being drafted into the army, he completed aerobatics courses and became a member of the aviation regiment in Strasbourg. At first, the young man was a non-flying soldier in a workshop at the airfield, but soon became the holder of a civilian pilot’s certificate. Later, Exupery upgraded his qualifications to a military pilot.

After completing officer training, Antoine flew with the rank of junior lieutenant and served in the 34th regiment. After an unsuccessful flight in 1923, Exupery, having received a head injury, left aviation. The pilot settled in Paris and decided to try his hand at literary sphere. Success did not come. To make a living, Exupery was forced to sell cars, work at a tile factory and even sell books.

It soon became clear that Antoine was no longer capable of leading such a lifestyle. A chance acquaintance helped him out. In 1926, the young pilot received a position as a mechanic at the Aeropostal airline, and later became a pilot of an aircraft delivering mail. "Southern Postal" was written during this time period. The new promotion was followed by another transfer. Having become the head of the airport in Cap Jubi, located in the Sahara, Antoine took up creativity.

In 1929, the talented specialist was transferred to the position of director of the Aeropostal branch, and Exupery moved to Buenos Aires to manage the entrusted department. It operated regular flights over Casablanca. The company for which the writer worked soon went bankrupt, so from 1931 Antoine again worked in Europe.

At first he worked on postal airlines, and then began to combine his main job with a parallel direction, becoming a test pilot. During one of the tests, a plane crashed. Exupery survived thanks to the prompt work of divers.

The writer's life was connected with extreme sports, and he was not afraid to take risks. Participating in the development of a high-speed flight project, Antoine purchased an aircraft for operation on the Paris-Saigon route. The ship had an accident in the desert. Exupery survived thanks to chance. He and the mechanic, who were on their last legs from thirst, were saved by the Bedouins.

A terrible accident, which the writer visited, there was a plane crash while flying from New York to the territory of Tierra del Fuego. Afterwards, the pilot was in a coma for several days, having suffered head and shoulder injuries.

In the 1930s, Antoine became interested in journalism and became a correspondent for the Paris Soir newspaper. As a representative of the newspaper "Entrance" Exupery was at war in Spain. He also fought in battles against the Nazis in World War II.

Books

Exupery wrote his first work in college in 1914. It was the fairy tale “Odyssey of the Cylinder”. The author's talent was appreciated, awarded 1st place at literary competition. In 1925, at his cousin's house, Antoine met popular authors and publishers of the time. They were delighted with the gift young man and offered cooperation. The very next year, the story “The Pilot” was published in the pages of the Silver Ship magazine.

Exupery's works are associated with the sky and aviation. The writer had two callings, and he shared with the public his perception of the world through the eyes of a pilot. The author talked about his philosophy, which allowed the reader to look at life differently. That is why Exupery’s statements on the pages of his works are used today as quotes.

As an Aeropostale pilot, the pilot did not think about stopping literary activity. Returning to his native France, he signed a contract with the publishing house of Gaston Gallimard to create and publish 7 novels. Exupery the writer existed in close collaboration with Exupery the pilot.

In 1931, the author received the Femina Award for “Night Flight”, and in 1932 a film was made based on the work. The accident in the Libyan desert and the adventures that the pilot experienced while wandering through it, he described in the novel “Land of People” (“Planet of People”). The work was also based on emotions from acquaintance with the Stalinist regime in the Soviet Union.

The novel “Military Pilot” became an autobiographical work. The author was influenced by experiences associated with participation in the Second World War. The book banned in France had incredible success in USA. Representatives of an American publishing house ordered a fairy tale from Exupery. This is how “The Little Prince” was released, accompanied by the author’s illustrations. He brought the writer world fame.

Personal life

At the age of 18, Antoine fell in love with Louise Vilmorne. The daughter of wealthy parents did not pay attention to the advances of the ardent young man. After the plane crash, the girl crossed him out of her life. The pilot perceived the romantic failure as a real tragedy. Unrequited love tormented him. Even fame and success did not change the attitude of Louise, who remained impartial.

Exupery enjoyed the attention of ladies, charming with his attractive appearance and charm, but was in no hurry to build personal life. Consuelo Sunsin managed to find an approach to the man. According to one version, Consuelo and Antoine met in Buenos Aires thanks to a mutual friend. Former spouse women, writer Gomez Carillo, died. She found solace in an affair with a pilot.

A magnificent wedding took place in 1931. The marriage was not easy. Consuelo constantly made scandals. She had bad character, but the intelligence and education of his wife pleased Antoine. The writer, adoring his wife, tolerated what was happening.

Death

The death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was shrouded in secrecy. During World War II, he considered it his duty to defend the honor of the country. Due to health reasons, the pilot was assigned to a ground regiment, but Antoine made connections and ended up in a flight reconnaissance squad.

On July 31, 1944, he did not return from the flight and was listed as missing in action. In 1988, near Marseille, a writer’s bracelet with his wife’s name engraved was found, and in 2000, parts of the plane he flew were found. In 2008, it became known that the cause of the writer’s death was an attack by a German pilot. The pilot of the enemy aircraft publicly admitted this years later. 60 years after the crash, photos from the scene of the collision were published.

The writer's bibliography is small, but it contains a description of a bright and adventurous life. Brave pilot and kind writer He lived and died in the 20th century, maintaining his dignity. Lyon Airport was named in his memory.

Bibliography

1929 – “Southern Postal”
1931 – “Mail to the South”
1938 – “Night Flight”
1938 – “Planet of Men”
1942 – “Military pilot”
1943 – “Letter to a Hostage”
1943 – “The Little Prince”
1948 – “Citadel”