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St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre

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St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
St Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre
Phone:
+1 519-631-4040

Hours:
Sunday12pm - 3pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 9pm
Friday10am - 9pm
Saturday12pm - 4pm


Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight. Saint-Exupéry was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, working airmail routes in Europe, Africa and South America. At the outbreak of war, he joined the French Air Force , flying reconnaissance missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940. After being demobilised from the French Air Force, he travelled to the United States to help persuade its government to enter the war against Nazi Germany. Following a 27-month hiatus in North America, during which he wrote three of his most important works, he joined the Free French Air Force in North Africa, although he was far past the maximum age for such pilots and in declining health. He disappeared over the Mediterranean on a reconnaissance mission in July 1944, and is believed to have died at that time. Prior to the war, Saint-Exupéry had achieved fame in France as an aviator. His literary works – among them The Little Prince, translated into 300 languages and dialects – posthumously boosted his stature to national hero status in France. He earned further widespread recognition with international translations of his other works. His 1939 philosophical memoir Terre des hommes—Man and His World became the name of an international humanitarian group, and was also used to create the central theme of the most successful world's fair of the 20th century, Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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