1939年德国法西斯入侵法国，鉴于圣·德克旭贝里曾多次受伤，医生认为他
  不能再入伍参战；但经他坚决要求，参加了抗德战争，被编入 2/33 空军侦察大
  队。1940年法国在战争中溃败，他所在的部队损失惨重，该部被调往阿尔及尔，
  随后即被复员，他只身流亡美国。在美国期间，他继续从事写作，1940年发表了
  《战斗飞行员》，1943年发表了《给一个人质的信》以及《小王子》。
  1943年，在他的强烈要求下，他回到法国在北非的抗战基地阿尔及尔。他的
  上级考虑到他的身体和年龄状况，只同意他执行五次飞行任务，他却要求到八次，
  1944年7月31日上午，他出航执行第八次任务，从此再也没有回来，牺牲时，年
  仅44岁。
  『PS. 我在1993年的一份参考消息上看到一则简讯，在欧洲某地的一个
  湖中，发现了圣·德克旭贝里的飞机残骸。这次搜索是经过对他最后一次出航的
  线路和德军当时的空军记录研究以后进行的，经过认证确认是那架失踪了半个世
  纪的侦察机。为了纪念这位伟大的战士和文学家，当地决定为这架飞机的残骸建
  立一个博物馆，以他的名字命名，陈列他的作品和遗物。原文我曾经剪下来保存，
  但是目前不在身边，上面是凭记忆写的。如有出入，请多包涵。 Loking 注。』
  SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de (1900-44). An adventurous pilot and a lyrical
  poet, Antoine de Saint-Exupery conveyed in his books the solitude and mystic
  grandeur of the early days of flight. He described dangerous adventures in the
  skies and also wrote the whimsical children's fable 'The Little Prince'.
  Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900, in Lyon, France.
  In the 1920s he helped establish airmail routes overseas. During World War II he
  flew as a military reconnaissance pilot. After the Germans occupied France in 1940,
  he escaped to the United States. He rejoined the air force in North Africa in 1943.
  During what was to have been his final reconnaissance mission over the Mediterranean
  Sea, he died when his plane was shot down on July 31, 1944.
  Saint-Exupery's first book, 'Southern Mail', was about the life and death of an
  airmail pilot. It was published in French in 1929. Other books include 'Night
  Flight' (1931), about the first airline pilots, and 'Wind, Sand, and Stars' (1939),
  in which he describes his feelings during flights over the desert.
  'The Little Prince' (1943), which in a way is really a children's book for
  grown-ups, was written during Saint-Exupery's stay in the United States.
  A gentle and thoughtful book, it tells the story of a boy who lives alone on a
  tiny planet.
  A final volume of reflections, which provides an insight into the author's views
  on the meaning of life, is 'The Wisdom of the Sands' (1948). This book was published
  after the pilot's death.
  -- From Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
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  录 入 后 记
  这篇文字是录自商务印书馆出版的一本法汉对照的《小王子》的中文部分。
  个别字句有所改动，原文中有大量精美的插图，可是商务版只有几副。如果有插
  图，可以制作一份 WWW 版的《小王子》主页，那就更好了。
  《小王子》是他作品中比较独特的一篇，也是最著名的一篇。是一本“为大
  人们写的童话故事”。我很喜欢它，从小学看到大学。确实，它给大人们看的，
  理解它必须是“大人”才行。可是，我多么希望我还是一个小王子一样的孩子…
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