On 18 December, the people of Toulouse paid tribute to Saint-Exupéry at the Cité de l’Espace (Space City). A moment of commemoration that united the entire aerospace family based in Toulouse for a magnificent evening, orchestrated by Martine Saint-Martin, Midi-Pyrénées representative of the Espace Saint-Exupéry: « We wanted to pay special tribute on the occasion of the 60^th anniversary of the publication of Le Petit Princei n France, but even more especially on the 80^th anniversary of the author’s first visit to Toulouse-Montaudran where he began his career with Latécoère, on 14 October 1926. »
The evening got under way in the Imax theatre Astralia attraction in Space City, with a moving introduction from Mr. François d’Agay, nephew of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
This was followed by a splendid concert, Clair de Terre (Earthlight), created by Jean-Noël Sarrail, which visits the main themes of The Little Prince, and which was beautifully interpreted by the pupils of the Lavaur, Gratentour, Reynerie and Graulhet middle schools.
The evening also saw the official opening of a very special exhibition on Saint-Exupéry and The Little Prince entitled A Prince among the Stars, in the presence of François and Olivier d’Agay, the nephew and great-nephew of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The exhibition includes original drawings by Saint-Exupéry, but also a collection of books, flight instrument and, most impressively, some very fine sculptures of the writer-pilot and The Little Prince, the work of P. Jouffroy and Madeleine Tezenas du Montcel, official Air & Space painter.

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