Little Prince and Citadel. Saint-Exupery A.

April 6, 1943, the little prince spoke English at the Reynal-Khichkok publishing house, and only some time later spoke French.

So who was he-an American or a Frenchman? The Little Prince was invented and written in the United States in 1942. The book was an order, it was supposed to become a Christmas fairy tale for American children, and then French. Comfort them. Distribute some from the overhanging threat of war, and others from its hardships.

But there is something else. Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1939 wrote a book for the children that they were going to publish in France. But the bombing that began in 1940 decided everything differently. Only in 1946, the “Little Prince” came out in France.

“Citadel”-the pinnacle of the artistic philosophy of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This indestructible literary fortress was erected by the writer for many years with maximum dedication and endless love.

Since the “Citadel” was not completed (St. Exupery always repeated that he would never finish it), and the book itself was too much A voluminous and difficult to read, French writer Michelle Kenel, at the request of the family of heirs, made an attempt to edit it. He seized repetitions, thereby highlighting the artistic merits of the book. The new option helped to bring readers closer to this masterpiece of the great writer-zoda, who builds his own citadel in the heart.

in Russian, both works are published in the translation of Marianne Kozhevnikova.