Character Catalog

Saint-Exupéry's first novel, inspired by his experience as a pilot on the Toulouse-Dakar route. It already blends aerial adventure with meditation on the human condition.

A narrative dedicated to the Aéropostale's night flights in South America, with a preface by André Gide. Winner of the Prix Femina, it introduced Saint-Exupéry to the general public.

A collection of autobiographical accounts about aviation and the desert, awarded the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. The work contains celebrated passages on human fellowship.

A testimony about a suicidal reconnaissance mission during the collapse of June 1940. Published in New York, the book was banned by Vichy and then by the German occupiers.

A philosophical tale illustrated by the author, published in New York. Translated into more than 300 languages, it is one of the most widely read works in the world, exploring friendship, love, and the meaning of life.

An unfinished work published after his death, a vast poetic and philosophical meditation in the form of parables. Saint-Exupéry worked on it during his final years.

I hate my era with every fiber of my being. Man is dying of thirst in it. There is only one need, a single one: to learn once again to live together, to rediscover the sense of community.

The earth teaches us more about ourselves than all the books. Because it resists us. Man discovers himself when he measures himself against an obstacle.

Rivière, at his window, was watching the night. It no longer seemed empty to him, it no longer made him dizzy. He had sent his crews into the night like a shepherd who persists.

One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes. It is the time you have spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.

Family home where Saint-Exupéry spent a happy childhood. This château and its grounds inspired the planet of the Little Prince and the memory of a lost paradise.

An isolated stopover on the edge of the Sahara where Saint-Exupéry served as airfield manager from 1927 to 1929. There he wrote Southern Mail and discovered the desert that permeates his entire body of work.

Departure point of the Latécoère route to Africa. It was here that Saint-Exupéry began his career as an Aéropostale pilot in 1926.

Saint-Exupéry directed Aeroposta Argentina from 1929 to 1931, overseeing postal routes in Patagonia. It was there that he met his wife Consuelo Suncín.

Exiled from 1941 to 1943, Saint-Exupéry wrote and published The Little Prince and Letter to a Hostage in an apartment on Central Park South.

Air base from which Saint-Exupéry took off on his final mission on July 31, 1944, at the controls of a P-38 Lightning reconnaissance aircraft.

Saint-Exupéry drew constantly, notably the small blond character who would become the Little Prince. His notebooks blended flight notes, philosophical reflections, and watercolors.

An indispensable tool for Aéropostale pilots, these often rudimentary charts covered the routes across the Saharan desert and Patagonia.

Essential equipment for pilots of the 1920s–1940s, fur-lined to withstand the cold of open or poorly heated cockpits at high altitude.

During his final missions in 1944, Saint-Exupéry piloted a P-38 Lightning equipped with cameras to photograph enemy positions.

Saint-Exupéry wrote his manuscripts on a typewriter, endlessly reworking his texts. He often wrote at night, surrounded by crumpled sheets of paper.

An inseparable accessory for Saint-Exupéry, who had a passion for magic tricks that he performed with great dexterity to entertain his companions.