Saint-Ex·u·pé·ry (s?N-t?g-zo?o-p?-r??, -zü-), Antoine de 1900-1944. French writer and aviator best known for his fairy tale The Little Prince (1943).American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Saint-Exupéry (French s??t??zyperi) n (Biography) Antoine de (??twan d?). 1900?44, French novelist and aviator. His novels of aviation include Vol de nuit (1931) and Terre des hommes (1939). He also wrote the fairy tale Le petit prince (1943)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Saint-Ex?u?pé?ry (s?? t?g zü pe??ri) n. Antoine de, 1900?45, French author and aviator. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.