Saint-Exupéry

American

[san-teg-zy-pey-ree] / sɛ̃ tɛg zü peɪˈri /

noun

Antoine de 1900–45, French author and aviator.

Saint-Exupéry British

/ sɛ̃tɛɡzyperi /

noun

Antoine de (ɑ̃twan də). 1900–44, French novelist and aviator. His novels of aviation include Vol de nuit (1931) and Terre des hommes (1939). He also wrote the fairy tale Le petit prince (1943)

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Partnering with computer scientist Ahmed Berjaoui from IRT Saint-Exupéry, the team adopted AI techniques originally designed for aerospace applications to help resolve these challenges.

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The typescript, which is a typed copy of a text, was produced in New York by its author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, while in exile from Nazi-occupied France in the 1940s and is one of three known to be in existence.

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The copy contains handwritten notes and sketches by Saint-Exupéry.

From BBC

Saint-Exupéry wrote Le Petit Prince, in the original French, for children while living in exile in New York during World War Two.

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Saint-Exupéry's original handwritten manuscript is in New York.

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