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For three days in June 2009, the Collège des Bernardins (Paris VI) was permeated by the mind and thoughts of Saint-Exupéry. Over 250 participants from all over the world came together in honour of a writer who shared with us his concerns for the world of tomorrow.   Three days of reflection and personal accounts of social and cultural campaigns inspired by the thinking of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

 

 

Three days during which representatives of countries including Brazil, Japan or South Korea spoke of the influence of the Little Prince in their home country. A number of well-known figures addressed the meeting: author and Academician Erik Orsenna, writers Alain Vircondelet and Jean-Pierre Guéno, actress Marie-Christine Barrault, etc.

 

 

Now a special website dedicated exclusively to the event offers you an insight, in photos and videos, into these three days of sharing.  Newcomers to the subject will gain a better understanding of why the work of Saint-Exupéry and its mysteries continue to arouse such passionate interest today. You can also find out more about some of the work done by voluntary groups (the Little Prince Hospital in Brazil, « Dessine-moi un mouton », etc.). One more good cause is featured on the website: the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation.  Find out more : official website

As part of its communication campaign on protecting the environment, Toshiba has once again chosen the Little Prince as the ambassador for its campaign in Japan. Clutching on to his flight of birds, the Little Prince travels the planets that symbolise Toshiba’s activity and express the firm’s concern to limit its CO2 emissions or use low-energy equipment.   Meet a Little Prince who has become an envoy for sustainable development. An animated Little Prince who seems to have stepped right out of one of his watercolour portraits.

Over 300 friends of Saint-Exupéry from all over the world came together at the Collège des Bernardins (Paris V)…

Over 300 friends of Saint-Exupéry from all over the world came together at the Collège des Bernardins (Paris V). For three days, those closely involved in the ongoing story of Saint-Exupéry today spoke at conferences and round-tables. A wide-ranging panorama was painted of multimedia projects in the pipeline and of the latest events in the world of non-profit associations or publishing. Over the three days, discussions of  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s ideas and his modernity enlivened the debates and round-tables.  As far as the Little Prince himself was concerned, countries where the book is extremely popular (South Korea, Japan, Brazil, etc.) were well represented, and eager to recount what was happening at home. Participants were also given the very first sight of the Little Prince as he is to appear in a future TV series, and were also introduced to the pop-up edition of the tale.

Closing the three-day event, the official launch of the Fondation Saint-Exupéry pour la Jeunesse was held in the immense nave of the newly-restored Collège. The foundation, which is fortunate in having as its sponsors such well-known figures as journalist Patrick Poivre d’Arvor and astronaut Claudie Haigneré, among others, aims to aid young people in difficulty, in particular by helping them gain entry into employment.

Great news for the friends of The Little Prince from the land of the rising sun: one of the original illustrations for the world-famous book has come to light!
In 1994, Minoru Shibuya, a museum curator from Japan, purchased a signed drawing at a book fair; the drawing showed the Businessman\’s planet visited by The Little Prince on his travels. Although he believed that the drawing was indeed by the hand of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Mr. Shibuya also thought it was nothing more than a draft. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was known for drawing whenever and wherever he could, even on restaurant table-cloths. Indeed, that is precisely why there are so many sketches all over the world, points out François d’Agay, the writer\’s nephew. « Seeing it gives me a great deal of pleasure. I am much moved to see a drawing by Saint-Exupéry, » he said. The mystery as to how the drawing came to be in Japan remained unsolved, however.
The drawing was recently examined by experts and identified as very probably being one of the drawings used by the US publisher Reynal & Hitchcock for the very first edition of The Little Prince in 1943. If this is really the case, it represents an incredible find, since the original drawings for The Little Prince were believed lost after the death of the author and aviator. It would be only the fourth drawing discovered to date! The news was released in Tokyo, at a press conference attended by François d’Agay.