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Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901–1979)

Author of The Tale of the Rose: The Passion That Inspired the Little Prince

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Canonical name
Saint-Exupéry, Consuelo de
Other names
Saint-Exupéry, Consuelo Suncín Sandoval Zeceña de
Birthdate
1901-04-10
Date of death
1979-05-12
Burial location
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Gender
female
Nationality
El Salvador (birth)
France (marriage)
Birthplace
Armenia, El Salvador
Place of death
Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
Places of residence
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paris, France
El Salvador
Occupations
artist
writer
autobiographer
Relationships
Gómez Carrillo, Enrique (second spouse)
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (third spouse)
Short biography
Consuelo Suncin Sandoval, the daughter of a wealthy Salvadoran family, met Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1930. She was 29 years old and had been educated in the USA, Mexico, and France. She was a twice-married writer and artist known as a bohemian and free spirit. The couple married and had a stormy relationship, with each having extramarital affairs. Following Saint-Exupéry's mysterious disappearance on a mission over Occupied France in July 1944, Consuelo purportedly wrote a memoir of their life together called The Tale of the Rose, and sealed it away in a trunk in her home. Two decades after her death in 1979, the memoir came to light when José Martinez Fructuoso, Consuelo's long-time employee, and his wife, Martine, discovered it in an attic. French scholar Alan Vircondelet, author of a biography of Saint-Exupéry, edited the manuscript. When the book was published in France in 2000, the centennial of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's birth, it became a national sensation. As of 2011, it had been translated into more than a dozen languages.

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Interesting account by the widow of the author of the Little Prince, a French aviator.
 
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kslade | 2 other reviews | Dec 8, 2022 |
The story of the volatile marriage between Consuela and the famous French writer. Just got a copy of the Little Prince, so my interest was piqued by this book. Interesting read, though a bit like rubber necking at an accident at times!
Available in Cape Town.
½
 
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soffitta1 | 2 other reviews | Dec 31, 2010 |
Interesting story of the wife of the author of The Little Prince.
She talks about his personality and accomplishments.
 
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kcslade | 2 other reviews | Mar 4, 2009 |

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Alain Vircondelet Préface et établissement du texte
Esther Allen Translator
Katherine Wood Translator

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Works
9
Members
262
Popularity
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Rating
½ 3.5
Reviews
3
ISBNs
31
Languages
10
Favorited
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