How sad and ironic. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, beloved author of The Little Prince, was shot down and killed by a German fighter pilot during WWII. That German pilot's favorite author at the time was Saint-Exupery. The pilot just found out recently that he killed Saint-Exupery. What must it be like to discover that you killed someone you admire? How sad.
This, of course, just brings home the devastation and suffering that all killing produces.
posted by Zachary Drake at 12:31 AM on Mar 20, 2008
"WWII German fighter ace discovers he killed his favorite author"
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