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The Little Prince – The movie !

1 mars 2016

A classic of French children’s literature is soon to make its silver screen debut. The computer and stop-motion animation adaptation of The Little Prince opens in U.S. theaters on March 18, after its French release last summer (the film has since been released in numerous other countries as well). The American version features a star-studded cast, including James Franco, Rachel McAdams, and Jeff Bridges; it was directed by Mark Osborne.

The French novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry tells the fable-like story of an aviator who crash-lands in the Sahara desert, where he meets a tiny prince who hails from an asteroid. The film does not directly follow the plot of the original story, however, and instead uses a framing structure – a trend seen among other recent children’s book adaptations, such as the Goosebumps movie. The film’s frame introduces a child known only as The Little Girl, who lives in a world consumed by order, efficiency, and which shuns childlike things. The Little Girl’s perfectionist mother (McAdams) holds her to a regimented schedule, which is disrupted when an eccentric, elderly neighbor and former aviator (Jeff Bridges), befriends her. He recounts to her the story of meeting a tiny prince in the desert. As his story unfolds, The Little Girl is swept along with it.

While The Little Prince indelibly belongs to his country of origin (an image of Saint-Exupéry and The Little Prince were even featured on the 50-franc note), somewhat like Ludwig Bemelmans’s Madeline, Saint-Exupéry’s eponymous character also has New York roots. In 1940, during WWII, Saint-Exupéry was exiled to America. He lived in Manhattan and on Long Island, writing The Little Princein 1942. American publisher Reynal & Hitchcock first published it both in French and in English in 1943; Editions Gallimard published the book in France in 1946.

Despite its fantastical elements, the story of The Little Prince is also based somewhat on Saint-Exupéry’s experiences. A pilot himself, the author crash-landed in the Sahara during a Paris to Saigon air race in 1935, and based the book partially on that experience (the Little Prince comes from Asteroid-B-612; the serial number for one of his planes was A-612). Saint-Exupéry’s tragic early death in 1944 – after returning to fight with the Free French Air Force, his plane disappeared somewhere over the Mediterranean – also arguably contributes an air of mystery and melancholy to the story of The Little Prince.

The Little Prince: A Blockbuster Book?

One need only scroll through the official Little Prince web site, to recognize the international appeal of the story. Each Friday, fans across the world post their Little Prince fan art, which include paintings, drawings, cakes, sculptures, and other works inspired by Saint-Exupéry’s story. The site offers Little Prince-related news from countries including China (the site notes that the Chinese “are great fans of The Little Prince”), Japan (there is a Little Prince museum in the town of Hakone), Spain, Brazil, and the United States. The forum offers a look at Little Prince-related academic studies (including a dissertation on the meaning behind the book) and even a gallery of Little Prince “ink.” According to the Little Prince web site, the book has sold 150 million books worldwide, has 280 official translations, and globally has 150 licensees. Late last year, Houghton Mifflin published The Little Prince Family Storybook and The Little Prince: Read-Aloud Storybook, additions to the Little Prince oeuvre that contain art from the film, and which may draw a new audience to discover the original book.

Christine Nelson, Drue Heinz curator of literary and historical manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum, shared some thoughts with PW about The Little Prince and its global appeal. Having curated the Morgan’s 2014 exhibit, “The Little Prince: A New York Story,” Nelson witnessed what she called “the passionate public response” from American visitors to the exhibit. In contemplating the reasons why the book is so esteemed in so many countries, Nelson said: “This book has a simple, graceful message that cuts across age, language, and culture: what is most important is invisible to our eyes, and what matters most in life is forging bonds with other people.”

Nelson also noted the book’s underlying complexity that allows individuals to uncover more and more as they reread it. She added that “children may respond to the way the narrator conspires with them as he points out the strange ways of adults; teenagers often respond to the poignant depictions of loneliness and isolation; older readers may return to the book and discover the unusual blend of melancholy and hope that pervades it.”

Early reviews of the film are positive (Variety called the movie “a consistent visual treat” that “always echoes Saint-Exupery’s core theme of looking at the world through the hopeful, uncorrupted eyes of a child”).

And the box office numbers speak for themselves – not just in France but in areas like China, Poland, Brazil, and Mexico. In fact, late last year, UniFrance declared The Little Prince “the most successful French animated film abroad to date.”

Just visiting Earth…

29 décembre 2014

The Little Prince is visiting Planet Earth. It seems that it have good reputation…

Gabriela Bolanos- yankee stadium

Tokyo (Marylène Le Bihan) Gabriela Bolanos- the yankee stadium

Giannis Bletas _ Greece

Giovanna Monteverde _ Parthenon, Greece

Guivarc’h Jean Michel – The Morgan Library, New york

Henry Chan‎ _ Hong Kong

HooiFang Kim- Petite France, Korea

Ire Coz Canas – Tarifa, Spain

Istanbul, Jorge Ferrer

Jeff Chen, London

Jodie hui _ Tibet

Jonathan Teoh _ Singapore

Jonathan Theo, Paris

Jusil Conag

Lampros Poulis‎ _ Greece

Zadar, Croatia

The Little Prince on holidays

28 juillet 2014

The Little Prince is visiting Planet Earth. It seems that it have good reputation…

Gabriela Bolanos- yankee stadium

Tokyo (Marylène Le Bihan) Gabriela Bolanos- the yankee stadium

Giannis Bletas _ Greece

Giovanna Monteverde _ Parthenon, Greece

Guivarc’h Jean Michel – The Morgan Library, New york

Henry Chan‎ _ Hong Kong

HooiFang Kim- Petite France, Korea

Ire Coz Canas – Tarifa, Spain

Istanbul, Jorge Ferrer

Jeff Chen, London

Jodie hui _ Tibet

Jonathan Teoh _ Singapore

Jonathan Theo, Paris

Jusil Conag

Lampros Poulis‎ _ Greece

Zadar, Croatia

Peter Sis tell us the story behind his last book « The Pilot and the Little Prince »

9 juin 2014

Bookish.com interviewed this great artist.

Find the original interview here :Bookish.com

Few adults have come of age without reading The Little Prince. The moving tale of friendship and loss is more than a captivating text; it is a near-religious experience for readers across the globe. As one of the world’s first mail-delivery pilots, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry worked tirelessly and fearlessly to connect people in his impossibly large world. Never could he have known that his most lasting impact would come in the form of this small book.

In between flights, he wrote often. Exupéry turned his fellow pilots into heroes through non-fiction works such as Wind, Sand and Stars, where he chronicles a harrowing journey of survival after a crash in the Sahara Desert. In the enchanting picture book The Pilot and the Little Prince, illustrator and writer Peter Sís gives due to the beloved author, depicting his life in a series of detailed and impactful images. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Sís to speak about his inspirations, the impact Little Prince first had on him, and the power of the picture book.

Bookish: When did you first read The Little Prince? What effect did it have on you?

Peter Sís: I’m not quite sure if I was 11, 12, 13, but I was living in Czechoslovakia. It wasn’t like we could really think about going places, so you would live all these adventures in books. And my father, (who) would give me books to read, came with The Little Prince, and he said, « This is a special book. » I read it, and it was amazing. I remember that it was about the promise that one day I would go and discover the world.

I read it again 20 years later, and again 20 years later. The second time I read it was with the illustrations; that was when I came to America to make a film in Los Angeles. At the time, I wasn’t sure: Should I stay? Should I go? Seeing it with the illustrations actually gave me fortitude. I thought, Well, he’s brave, and the pilot survives everything, so I will survive in America.

The last time I read it to my kids, I thought, Oh my God! This is so sad. I’m going to die now, too. But when I read it when I was 11 or 12, I didn’t see that at all. I saw: Wow, this is a cool way to travel. He doesn’t leave his body; it’s like his spirit is moving through space. It seemed more amazing.

Bookish: How did your readings of it influence the way that you wrote about Exupéry in The Pilot and the Little Prince?

PS: There’s a certain sadness to (The Little Prince), a melancholy. Exupéry says you cannot trust grown-ups. I think it’s also about how you see things as a child and how you see things, or read things, as an adult. That was difficult with this, to try to stay away from that melancholy feeling. I wanted to celebrate his life because he was this bigger-than-life man.

Bookish: When did you start the book?

PS: I wanted to do this 10 years ago. We were supposed to do a version of The Little Prince with U2, with Bono, that would go to Amnesty International. But I didn’t know how.

I would never dare to do Exupéry’s illustrations. His pictures have that feeling, that whole sentiment which gives the book its flavor. He wasn’t an artist who painted all the time. He did it with such an effort, there’s something heartbreaking [about that].

Bookish: What changed your mind?

PS: I was playing with it since then. Trying to come up with something, I went through his life. That’s when I realized he flies an airplane, then he crashes, he flies another airplane, and he almost drowns, he flies another… The airplanes were getting more sophisticated, but he would always break something or have stitches or almost lose his eye. In a way, I felt a lot like him. I’m very clumsy, too. I was always in the hospital with stitches.

He also was a great inventor and a very smart man. Any time they would assign him to the company in the army, someone would say, « Oh it’s some idiot coming here » — because his family had this amazing, old aristocratic name. Then, he’d come and buy wine for everyone, play chess, all kinds of card tricks — they loved him.

He always became an essential part of any group he was in, to the point, that I think he had a problem then, because he wrote these books about how all the other pilots out there were heroes. He made them heroes in the public life — especially his friend Guillaumet, who was very shy and very private. He wrote a story about how Guillaumet walked through the mountains of South America for five days because he was afraid that if they didn’t find his body that his wife would not get the money from the company for him dying. Exupéry made Guillaumet into a hero in France. And Guillaumet is like, « I never wanted to be a hero. »

Bookish: The vibe I get from him, from your book, is that he did suffer — the crashes, horrible accidents, he dropped out of school, failed his tests — but there’s always a positivity about him.

PS: Yes! He’s very, very fond of life. Exupéry wanted to be a pilot and [he] became a pilot in the end, but many times it didn’t look like he was going to be anything. Everybody probably said, « Oh my God, he dropped out of school. What’ll ever become of him? » I like that page (of the book) in the sense that it shows what everybody is going through.

In a way, it’s also about me. I never thought I would be doing children’s books or books. I wanted to make films. I never thought I would be in America. It shows what you cannot tell the kids, like, « Hey! Don’t worry about it because you don’t know what will happen. »

Bookish: Exupéry crashed so many times. Was it difficult for him to overcome any fear and get back in that pilot seat?

PS: I think that’s the spirit of these early pilots. They’re amazing individuals that were, somehow, ready to die for it. Maybe sometimes when you get on the plane today, you have a little flash of I wonder if something will go wrong. But it’s a small percentage when something goes wrong. Their percentage must’ve been 75%. He definitely goes back, and it is shocking. I’m wondering if there were some people who said, « I will never go back because it’s insane. » But this whole being so brave, it’s one thing if you don’t get hurt, but he got hurt so many times and then he goes again.

They had the spirit of the pioneers. In the end, these four close friends who started in 1927, they all died in the air. Exupéry heard about his closest friend being shot down, that was just a tragedy of war. But nobody knows who shot down Exupéry.

Bookish: What do you think happened to him?

PS: They say that in these little planes sometimes the blue sky and the blue sea… that you don’t see the horizon, you lose completely the sense of… That’s what I always thought happened to Exupéry, that he didn’t know where is up and where is down, and he went into the sea. The only thing they know is they found the engine of the plane and his bracelet, which is in the (Morgan Library) exhibition and was given to him by his publisher.

There was a German pilot that said he shot him down. But they say the Germans had amazing, exact records of what happened each day, and there’s no record of shooting him down.

Another theory, which I have big problems with — some of the books claim that he was tired, depressed, and didn’t want to live, really. (They say) that he knew if he died, he would become bigger than life — that he had almost like a death wish. And I can’t say that he was happy. I can do it as an author, but I hate when people start to imagine what was the deep psychological state (of the person).

How does anybody know? I think it’s hard to write where it’s autobiographical and not make these innuendos.

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This article was originally posted on Bookish.com

Just a week to see the Little Prince exhibit !

19 avril 2014

The Morgan Library exhibition The Little Prince, A New-York story will end in just one week, on April 27th !

If you want to come visit to see the Little Prince’s manuscript and learn more about the French writer, it’s now or never !

The Morgan Library & Museum

225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street, New York

Tuesday to Thursday: 10h30à 17h. Wednesday: 10:30 to 21h. Saturday: 10am to 18pm. Sunday: 11am to 18pm.

The Little Prince’s day !

19 mars 2014

Invitation

Once again, New York celebrates the Little Prince!

While the exhibition « The Little Prince, a New York story » continues at the Morgan Library, the Little Prince is the theme of a major diplomatic action for education, health and environment protection.

Jointly organized by the United Nations, the International Organization of Francophonie, and the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Estate, as part of the Francophonie Month, a cultural diplomacy initiative.

With representatives of the diplomatic community and of the world of culture, literature and science, the event intends to explore specific issues related to education and multilingualism, health and humanitarian action, and the future of our planet. It will highlight the bonds that many actors and professionals have developed with the Little Prince, and examine the universal values that the book promotes.

The Little Prince at The New York Public Library, Friday 28 March, 2014.

Opening – 10:00 to 10:30
Alban Cerisier – » The Little Prince: The publishing phenomenon , translations and intergenerational transmission. »

Panel 1 – Education & multilingualism – 10:30 to 12:00
With the participation of: Maher Nasser – Director, Division of Public Awareness , Department of Information, United Nations – Vibeke Jensen – Director of the Liaison Office of UNESCO in New York – The global initiative for education foremost – UN – Filippe Savadogo – Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations OIF – and stakeholders on the role of bilingual schools in New York.

Lunch – 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Panel 2 – The Health & Humanitarian Action – 2:00 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
With the participation of José Alvaro Carneiro da Silva – Director General of the Pequeno Principe Hospital – Curitiba – Brazil – Leila Zerrougui – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict – Djibril Diallo – Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of UNAIDS – Ety Cristina Carneiro Forte – Executive Director Pequeno Principe Hospital – Curitiba – Brazil.

Awards – 3:10 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Awards of the contest about the French Heritage Language Program
Writing contest on human rights , children’s rights and Le Petit Prince.

Panel 3 – The Earth & the cosmos – 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Featuring : Ramu Damodaran – Deputy Director, Division of Public Awareness , Department of Information, United Nations – Yamina Djacta – Director of the Liaison Office of UN- Habitat in New York – Trinh Xuan Thuan – Astrophysicist , Professor astronomy at the University of Virginia – United States.

Mois de la Francophonie and Black History Month

17 février 2014

2013 marked the 70th anniversary of the publication of Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944). In the wake of this celebration, the French Heritage Language Program, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, the Succession Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, organizes a writing contest on human rights, children’s rights and Le Petit Prince, for all its high school students in New York City. The contest will be held from Feb. 3 to March 20, and the 1st prize will be awarded during The Little Prince Day at the New York Public Library on March 28.

Le Petit Prince is both the most read and most translated book in the French language. It has sold over 140 million copies and has been translated in 250 languages and dialects. Read in schools from Timbuktu to Shanghai and New York City, it is at once a popular masterpiece and an international literary reference that embodies values of respect and tolerance for other cultures. The Little Prince is also used by the United Nations to promote human rights and was even appointed ambassador for the Know Your Rights campaign aimed at making children better informed about their rights.

As we enter Black History Month and celebrate the fight for equality and freedom led by Marthin Luther King and Black Americans in the United States, February and March, the month of Francophonie, offer a great occasion to (re)discover Saint-Exupéry’s humanist work and remember that “the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”

More about Saint-Exupéry in New York:

“The Little Prince: A New York Story” exhibition runs through April 27 at the Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street;

About us:

The French Heritage Language Program is an education program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) which offers free French classes to underserved public schools and community centers across the United States. All of our students are English Language Learners from West Africa and Haiti who recently immigrated to the United States. The objective of the program is to help these students keep strong bonds with their heritage language and cultures, reinforce their literacy in the home language to accelerate their acquisition of English, and facilitate their integration at school and in the professional world.

The Little Prince’s exhibit grand opening

21 janvier 2014

Tomorrow evening, it’s the Grand Opening of the Little Prince exhibit in New York !

The first event of many at the Morgan Library and Museum…

The exhibition will welcome visitors from January 24 through April 27.

See you there ?

The Little Prince, a New-York story

16 janvier 2014

Find unpublished watercolors by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in this major exhibition!

The exhibition takes place from 24 January to 27 April 2014.

The Morgan Library & Museum

225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street, New York

Tuesday to Thursday: 10h30à 17h. Wednesday: 10:30 to 21h. Saturday: 10am to 18pm. Sunday: 11am to 18pm.

The Little Prince, a New York Story

11 décembre 2013

The Little Prince is the subject of a major exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum of New-York !

Show includes the original working manuscript and watercolors as well as letters and photographs, exploring the creation of this literary landmark, 70 years ago, in New-York.

The Little Prince: A New York Story
January 24–April 27, 2014

New York, NY, December 3, 2013—Since its publication seventy years ago, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince has captivated millions of readers throughout the world. Remarkably, this French tale of an interstellar traveler who comes to Earth in search of friendship and understanding was written and first published in New York City, during the two years the author spent there at the height of the Second World War. The Little Prince: A New York Story, a major exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, will feature Saint-Exupéry’s original watercolors and heavily-revised working manuscript. Focusing on the story’s American origins, it is the first exhibition to explore in depth the creative decisions Saint-Exupéry made as he crafted what would become one of the best-selling books of all time—now translated into more than two hundred fifty languages. The Little Prince: A New York Story will be on view from January 24 through April 27, 2014.

The heart of the exhibition is the display of the author’s working manuscript and drawings, which were acquired by the Morgan in 1968. Also on view will be rare printed editions from the Morgan’s collection as well as personal letters, photographs, and artifacts on loan from the Saint-Exupéry estate, private collections, and museums and libraries in France and the United States.
“The Little Prince has had a profound impact on generations of children and adults alike,” said William M. Griswold, Director of the Morgan. “This exhibition allows us to step back to the moment of creation and witness Saint-Exupéry at work right here in New York. One discovers the author-aviator struggling with the enormity of events impacting his native France and the world at large, while finding the focus to complete a tale as magical today as it was seventy years ago.”