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Henri Charrière ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi ʃaʁjɛʁ]; 16 November 1906 – 29 July 1973) was a French writer, convicted of murder in 1931 by the French courts and pardoned in 1970. He wrote the novel Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana.
Nov 6, 2021 · Henri Charrière was a French gangster who claimed he was wrongly imprisoned on Devil's Island and escaped seven times. He wrote a bestselling autobiography Papillon, which was adapted into a movie starring Steven McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.
- William Delong
Henri Charrière was a French criminal and prisoner in French Guiana who described a lively career of imprisonments, adventures, and escapes in an autobiography, Papillon (1969). Charrière’s nickname derived from the design of a butterfly (French: “papillon”) tattooed on his chest.
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Papillon (French:, lit. "butterfly") is a novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière's nickname. The novel details Papillon's purported incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945.
Henri Charrière, dit « Papillon », né le 16 novembre 1906 à Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès [1] en Ardèche et mort le 29 juillet 1973 à Madrid , est un ancien bagnard. Il est rendu célèbre par son ouvrage Papillon, écrit en 1969, présenté comme un récit autobiographique, mais qui ne l'est que partiellement.
Aug 11, 2015 · Learn about the brutal penal colony where Henri Charrière, the author of Papillon, was imprisoned and escaped in 1931. See photos of the historic site, its buildings, and its surroundings in French Guiana.
Sep 28, 2018 · Learn about the life and adventures of Henri Charrière, a notorious petty thief who escaped from a brutal prison in French Guiana and wrote the famous novel Papillon. Discover the controversies surrounding his story and the doubts about its authenticity.
