Saint-Exupéry’s air race: New York – Tierra del Fuego
Saint-Exupéry’s air race: New York – Tierra del Fuego
Saint-Exupéry’s air race: New York – Tierra del Fuego
SUMMARY
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry arrived in New York in January 1938 to prepare a long-distance record attempt from New York to Tierra del Fuego in his Caudron C.630 “Simoun” aircraft. He took off on February 15, 1938, but in Guatemala City his plane crashed at the end of the runway. He was seriously injured, and during the lengthy convalescence that followed in New York, he signed a contract for a new novel with his American publishers, Reynal & Hitchcock. A flood of correspondence with translator Lewis Galantière followed to order the notes and articles that would ultimately form the content of his novel "Wind, Sand and Stars," which came out in the USA in June 1939.
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Release date: January 6, 2023
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Release date: January 6, 2023
#SaintEx ⎮ Ahead of his wartime stay in New York, Saint-Exupéry saw the Empire City for the first time in 1938 ahead of a failed attempt to fly to Tierra del Fuego.
— French Embassy U.S. (@franceintheus) January 6, 2023
During the recuperation that followed, Saint-Exupéry wrote the bulk of what would become, "Wind, Sand and Stars.” pic.twitter.com/ZPh4UciCOh
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