Ivry, Benjamin
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From the Murky Depths: Fathoming Saint-Exupery's Lasting Appeal / Ivry, Benjamin; deVilmorin L., 2004
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Identifier: CC-42391-44401
Scope and Contents
This article describes the weckage of an airplane crash that killed Antoine Saint-Exupery in WW II. Saint-Exculpery was the author of the most successful children's book, "The Little Prince." He had a broken engagement with Louise de Vilmorin, an author whose two books with calligrams are held by th Sackner Archive. She was described as enchantingly irresistible by biographers but Evelyn Waugh called her "an egocentric maniac with the eyes of a witch." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
2004