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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.
Henri Charrière (born 1906, Ardèche, France—died July 29, 1973, Madrid, Spain) was a French criminal and prisoner in French Guiana who described a lively career of imprisonments, adventures, and escapes in an autobiography, Papillon (1969).
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Sep 28, 2018 · Henri Charrière (1906 – 1973) was a French petty criminal who was incarcerated for murder in a penal colony in French Guiana. He famously escaped the brutal prison by building a raft, and in 1970 he published the book Papillon, detailing his experiences as a prisoner.
- Patti Wigington
Writer: Papillon. Henri Charrière was born in 1906. He grew up in the south of France where his father was the master of a village school. After completing his military service in the navy, Charrière moved to Paris. His acquired nickname "Papillon" soon became a respected one in the underworld.
- November 16, 1906
- July 29, 1973
Henri Charrière was a French writer, convicted in 1931 as a murderer 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.
Papillon. Henri Charriere. HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2018 - Biography & Autobiography - 688 pages. Henri Charrière's phenomenal memoir is a true story of prison breaks and epic adventure...
Dec 13, 2018 · Henri Charrière. Flamingo, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 667 pages. A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure – a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s. Condemned for a murder he had...
