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  1. Nov 6, 2021 · Henri Charrière, also known as Papillon, was a French gangster who was wrongly imprisoned in French Guiana and escaped from Devil's Island. His autobiography Papillon, published in 1969, became a bestseller and a movie starring Steven McQueen.

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  2. Henri Charrière. 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. While Charrière claimed ...

  3. 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). Charrière’s nickname derived from the design of a butterfly (French: “papillon”) tattooed on ...

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  4. Mar 31, 2023 · Papillon: 50 Years Later, The True Story Is Still Steve McQueen's Best Movie. There are two main takeaways from 1973’s Papillon. The first is — don’t trust nuns (and after watching Spotlight ...

  5. Jul 18, 2018 · The Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam-starring 'Papillon' is set for an August 24 release. Directed by Michael Noer, the biographical drama chronicles the story of French convict Henri Charrière (nicknamed Papillon) and the extraordinary story of his imprisonment and escape from a notorious prison located on Devil's Island in French Guiana.

  6. Banco. Papillon ( French: [papijɔ̃], lit. "butterfly") is a novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière's nickname. [1] 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 ...

  7. Sep 28, 2018 · Henri Charrière on the set of the 1973 film Papillon. 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.

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