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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). Charrière’s nickname derived from the design of a butterfly (French: “papillon”) tattooed on ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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
Sep 28, 2018 · Henri Charrière was a petty thief who was sentenced to a brutal penal colony in French Guiana for murder. He escaped eight times and wrote a semi-fictional account of his experiences, Papillon, which became a best-selling book and a film.
- Patti Wigington
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 ( Espagne ), 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.
- 29 juillet 1973 (à 66 ans)Madrid, Espagne
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- Henri Antonin Charrière
Aug 11, 2015 · Learn about the brutal penal colony where the author of Papillon, a best-selling memoir of his escape, was imprisoned for life. See the restored and decaying buildings, cells, and grounds of Saint Laurent de Maroni.
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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 1945.
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