You can believe in people while you are young, while the world is a creation of your imagination,” wrote Exupery. One of the most brilliant writers of the 20th century lived a difficult life, but not for a minute did he try not to lose his holy faith in man. The proposed book contains notebooks that are unique in their artistic and historical significance, as well as letters and telegrams from the author of the most heartfelt and sincere works century. Travel essays about a trip to Soviet Russia; diary entries telling about a visit to Spain during the civil war; diary 1939–1944, first published in France only several decades after the author’s death. For the first time, the Russian reader is given the opportunity to see how the personality of the creator of “The Little Prince” was formed, how his views on life changed.