'The Little Prince' lands at the Morgan Library

A New Exhibit Explores the Author's Years Writing in New York

The Long Island house where Antoine de Saint-Exupéry did some of his writing.

The Morgan Library & Museum
By
Jennifer Maloney

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.

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