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Damages due heirs of 'Little Prince' author

PARIS - A French court has ordered a publisher to pay €50,000 (US$67,000) in damages to the heirs of French author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

The court says the Editions des Arenes publishing house used extracts from letters by the author to his wife Consuelo without the heirs' permission. The excerpts were published in the 2005 book "Antoine and Consuelo de Saint-Exupery."

Saint-Exupery is best known for his much-translated novella "The Little Prince." He disappeared over the Mediterranean in 1944 while flying on a military mission against the Nazis.

The rights to his works were shared between his wife and family. The book at the heart of Friday's ruling was co-authored by Consuelo's secretary and sole beneficiary. - AP
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