Who is Léon Werth ?

Le petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was dedicated to Léon Werth : he was Saint-Exupéry’s closest friend.

The story of the manuscript of 33 Jours is a novel in itself : Viviane Hamy, curious about the dedicatee of Le petit Prince, contacted the writer’s son, Claude Werth, who found, two years later, the manuscript amongst doctor’s prescriptions in the office where he was established as a doctor.