In 1931 he married Consuelo Sancin, however Saint-Exupery travelled frequently and indulged in numerous affairs. In 1929, he published his first book, Courrier Sud (Southern Mail) his career as an aviator was also burgeoning, and that same year he flew the Casablanca/Dakar route. Saint-Exupéry’s first story, L’Aviateur (The Aviator), was published in the magazine Le Navire d’Argent. He became one of the pioneers of international postal flight, in the days when aircraft had few instruments. However, not long after, the couple broke off their engagement, and by 1926, Saint-Exupery was flying again. Bowing to the objections of the family of his fiancée – the future novelist Louise Leveque de Vilmorin – he settled in Paris instead and took an office job. The following year, he obtained his licence and was offered a transfer to the air force. He was then sent to Strasbourg for training as a pilot. In 1921, he began his military service with the 2e Régiment de chasseurs à cheval (English: 2nd Regiment of Light Cavalry). He was the third of five children of Marie de Fonscolombe and Viscount Jean de Saint Exupéry, an insurance broker who died before his son was four.Īfter failing his final exams at preparatory school, Saint-Exupéry entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study architecture. Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born on 29 June 1900, in Lyon to an old family of provincial nobility.
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