{"id":29624,"date":"2016-12-22T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/?p=29624"},"modified":"2016-12-30T14:05:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T13:05:38","slug":"national-homage-to-antoine-de-saint-exupery-at-the-pantheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/national-homage-to-antoine-de-saint-exupery-at-the-pantheon\/","title":{"rendered":"National Homage To Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry at the Pantheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>On Tuesday, 13 December 2016, a stirring homage was paid to Major Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry at the Pantheon in Paris (France&#8217;s repository of historical greats), marking the 70<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the first French publication of his book \u201cThe Little Prince\u201d (\u00c9ditions Gallimard, 1946).<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_0pJ0KikQfmE\"><div id=\"lyte_0pJ0KikQfmE\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0pJ0KikQfmE\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0pJ0KikQfmE\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0pJ0KikQfmE\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a9 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_H9Pp11Ldpeg\"><div id=\"lyte_H9Pp11Ldpeg\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/H9Pp11Ldpeg\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H9Pp11Ldpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/H9Pp11Ldpeg\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Journal de 13h de TF1 du 13\/12\/2016 (French)<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the dome of the Pantheon illuminated in the colours of the French Republic, a national homage was celebrated under the patronage of Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Defence, Mrs Audrey Azoulay, French Minister of Culture and Communication, and Army General Andr\u00e9 Lanata, French Air Force Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29577\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BY4C0173.jpg\" alt=\"by4c0173\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BY4C0173.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BY4C0173-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Speech of Jean-Yves Le Drian,\u00a0French Minister of Defence<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo : \u00a9 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense \/ Roland Pellegrino<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This event, dedicated to youth, was carried out before the inscription in memory of the creator of \u201cThe Little Prince\u201d, which had been placed on one of the walls of the great nave of the Pantheon by the French government on 17 September 1965, in the presence of members of the family of the renowned writer-cum-aviator, as well as important French and foreign personalities and several civil and military delegations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29575\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzkG5B_WgAEUBLe-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"czkg5b_wgaeuble\" width=\"669\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzkG5B_WgAEUBLe.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CzkG5B_WgAEUBLe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stirring homage to Major Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry at the Pantheon in Paris<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo : \u00a9A. Jeuland\/Arm\u00e9e de l&#8217;Air<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aviators, writers, artists, young people and members of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation thus came to perpetuate the memory of this author and former French Air Force pilot, in the aim of transmitting to youth a universal humanist message. During the ceremony, the French Army Choir performed several songs, including the French national anthem \u201cLa Marseillaise\u201d, to punctuate addresses given by young laureates from the Labo des Histoires and the Institut de l\u2019Engagement, two French organisations supported by the Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation, who read extracts from the literary work of the great writer recounting his career as a legendary author and aviator in relation to their personal life experiences. Two young people from the Miroir Association also performed an extract of <em>Night Flight<\/em> during this ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29573\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-hommage-au-commandant-st-exupery-panth\u00e9on-048-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"2016-hommage-au-commandant-st-exupery-pantheon-048\" width=\"669\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-hommage-au-commandant-st-exupery-panth\u00e9on-048-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016-hommage-au-commandant-st-exupery-panth\u00e9on-048-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hommage of youth people from\u00a0Miroir Association<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo : \u00a9 FASEJ\u00a0\/\u00a0Farida Brechemier<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPilot, writer, combatant, Saint-Exup\u00e9ry was all of them at once and in an indivisible way,\u201d indicated the Minister of Defence. \u201cThrough him, civil and military aeronautics entered into the pantheon of literature, whereas each of his books remind us of the technical and human saga of the pioneers of aviation, of which he was both participant and hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29571\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BY4C0200.jpg\" alt=\"by4c0200\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BY4C0200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BY4C0200-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Speech of Audrey Azoulay, French Minister of\u00a0Culture\u00a0and Communication<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo : \u00a9 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense \/ Roland Pellegrino<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMilitant humanist\u201d added Mr Le Drian, having his heart set on \u201cthe desire for union\u201d of the French people, according to Mrs Azoulay, the figure of the writer-cum-aviator remains more than ever an inspiration for many generations around the world and in particular for youth, the citizens of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAt a time when our country must overcome major challenges, the humanism of Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry is a resource more than ever necessary for our Republic,\u201d affirmed Mr Le Drian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cConvinced by the strength of art because he was a great poet, Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry also knew of its power to assemble. And beyond his artistic expression, his entire life carried with it the desire for union,\u201d stated the Minister of Culture. She highlighted the appeal Saint Exup\u00e9ry pronounced in New York in 1942, three weeks after the landing of Allied Forces in North Africa: \u201cFrenchmen, let us reconcile ourselves to serve\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29569\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BB0U1340.jpg\" alt=\"bb0u1340\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BB0U1340.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BB0U1340-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Wreath laying in front of the inscription in m\u00e9mory of Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">From left to right\u00a0: Fran\u00e7ois d&#8217;Agay, nephew\u00a0and godson\u00a0of Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry, Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Defence, Audrey Azoulay, French Minister\u00a0of Culture and\u00a0Communication and\u00a0General Andr\u00e9 Lanata, Chief of Staff of the French Air Force (CEMAA)<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo : \u00a9 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense \/ Roland Pellegrino<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe was among those artists and writers who considered commitment to their homeland as obvious,\u201d the Minister highlighted. \u201cThe scope of his heritage is measured by his universality and his ability to address the generations that followed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Defence insisted on \u201cthe commitment\u201d of the pilot who disappeared off the shores of Marseille on a reconnaissance flight on 31 July 1944 on board a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, while undertaking a mission to prepare the Allied Forces landing in Provence. Major Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry never stopped enriching the French Air Force heritage through his writings. \u201cToday, the French Air Force retains the memory of one of its glorious veterans,\u201d explained the Minister of Defence. \u201cThe presence in its ranks of a detachment of aviators of The Little Prince squadron from Air Base 709 testifies to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion of this national commemoration, photographers and artists Manolo Chr\u00e9tien and Pia Loro exhibited a monumental artwork portraying Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry and his Little Prince on the fa\u00e7ade of the Pantheon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[images lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05-PANTHEON-1024x768.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/terredexception-hommage-ST-EXUPERY-2016_26-1024x721.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Image-6-1024x768.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/terredexception-hommage-ST-EXUPERY-2016_26-1024x721.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Image-6-1024x768.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/terredexception-hommage-ST-EXUPERY-2016_48-1024x668.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/terredexception-hommage-ST-EXUPERY-2016_49-1024x614.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[image link=&#8221;&#8221; linktarget=&#8221;_self&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Artiste_Manolo_CHRETIEN.jpeg&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\n[\/images]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo Credits :<br \/>\n\u00a9 FASEJ<br \/>\n\u00a9 Terre d&#8217;exception<br \/>\n\u00a9\u00a0Labo des Histoires<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class='one_half'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161213_Discours_Ministre_Jean-Yves_LE_DRIAN-Hommage-national-a-Saint-Exupery_PANTHEON.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29609 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Discours-Jean-Yves-le-Drian.jpg\" alt=\"discours-jean-yves-le-drian\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Discours-Jean-Yves-le-Drian.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Discours-Jean-Yves-le-Drian-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n<strong>Speech of\u00a0Jean-Yves Le Drian,<\/strong>\n<strong>French Minister\u00a0of Defence<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class='one_half'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/20161213_Discours_Ministre_Audrey_Azoulay-Hommage-national-a-Saint-Exupery.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29607 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Discours-Audrey-Azoulay.jpg\" alt=\"discours-audrey-azoulay\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Discours-Audrey-Azoulay.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Discours-Audrey-Azoulay-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n<strong>Speech of Audrey Azoulay,<\/strong>\n<strong>French Ministre of\u00a0Culture and\u00a0Communication<\/strong><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Press Review :\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the article on Rfi.fr <a href=\"http:\/\/m.rfi.fr\/culture\/20161213-pantheon-antoine-saint-exupery-petit-prince-francois-hollande\" target=\"_blank\">by clicking here<\/a>\u00a0(french)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><u>For further information<\/u>:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr\/<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr\/fr\/antoine-de-saint-exupery\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr\/fr\/antoine-de-saint-exupery<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/labodeshistoires.com\/lbh\/ceremonie-dhommage-national-au-commandant-antoine-de-saint-exupery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the article on the website of Le Labo des Histoires<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, 13 December 2016, a stirring homage was paid to Major Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry at the Pantheon in Paris (France&#8217;s repository of historical greats), marking the 70th anniversary of the first French publication of his book \u201cThe Little Prince\u201d (\u00c9ditions Gallimard, 1946). \u00a9 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense Journal de 13h de TF1 du 13\/12\/2016 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29624"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29650,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29624\/revisions\/29650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}