France is marking the 70th anniversary of the world-loved The Little Prince with a host of special editions, including a new biography of its author, native son Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Le Petit Prince, a series of parables in which a boy prince recounts his adventures among the stars to a downed pilot on earth, was first published in New York in 1943, in English and French.
Since then, more than 145 million copies have been sold worldwide, translated into 270 languages and dialects.
A pilot, Saint-Exupery died mysteriously during a 1944 reconnaissance mission aged 44 and so did not live to see the publication of his book in France in 1946, following the end of World War II.
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Django pulled off chinese cinemas just after release
Beijing: Chinese cinemas cancelled all screenings of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained just as it was released on Thursday, local media said, with one viewer adding a showing was stopped after one minute.
China strictly censors films and other media for sexual and political sensitivities, and limits distribution of foreign films to protect the domestic industry.
“Django Unchained, because of technical reasons, has been stopped from being shown nationwide for the time being,” the popular web portal Sina reported, citing a notice distributed to cinema companies. It quoted unnamed industry insiders as saying that nudity prompted the sudden censorship. — Reuters