'The Little Prince' lands at the Morgan Library
A New Exhibit Explores the Author's Years Writing in New York
The Little Prince was born in New York.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry came to New York in 1940, after the Nazi invasion of France. At the urging of a friend here, the aviator-author decided to transform a doodle into a book that would be read by children and adults around the world.
The book, narrated by a pilot stranded in the desert,...