Terre des Hommes
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Terre des hommes may refer to:
- Terre des hommes (literally: Land of men, alternatively: Land of people), a 1939 philosophical memoir by French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...
(titled in English as Wind, Sand and StarsWind, Sand and StarsWind, Sand and Stars is a memoir by Antoine de Saint Exupéry published in 1939. It was translated from the French by Lewis Galantière, and published in the US in November 1945....
) - Terre des Hommes, the central theme of the 1967 international exposition in Montreal, Canada, Expo 67, the most successful world's fair of the 20th century. The theme was derived from the 1939 memoir by French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...
. - Terre des hommesTerre des hommesTerre des hommes is a charitable international humanitarian federation which concentrates on children's rights, founded in 1959 and based in Lausanne, Switzerland...
, a charitable international humanitarian organization based in Geneva. The organization's name was derived from the 1939 memoir by French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-ExupéryAntoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...
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