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Jules René Lucien Belbenoît ( French pronunciation: [ʁəne bɛlbənwa]; 4 April 1899 – 25 February 1959) was a French prisoner on Devil's Island who successfully escaped to the United States. He later published the memoirs, Dry Guillotine (1938) [1] and Hell on Trial (1940), [2] about his exploits.
René Belbenoît, né le 4 avril 1899 à Paris 13e 1 et mort le 26 février 1959 à Lucerne Valley, est un prisonnier et bagnard français. Il est connu pour avoir été emprisonné à l' île du Diable en Guyane et s'en être échappé.
May 14, 2013 · Belbenoit, a charming storyteller and known exaggerator, wields compelling narrative at the expense of incomplete veracity. But even his likely embellished accounts, the most dramatic of which would find a comfortable home in soap opera subplots, are revealing.
- Edgar Walters
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Dec 31, 2014 · Dry Guillotine: Fifteen Years Amongst the Living Dead. René Belbenoit (April 4, 1899 – February 26, 1959) was a French prisoner on Devil's Island who successfully escaped to the United States. He later wrote a book, Dry Guillotine, about his exploits.
Jules René Lucien Belbenoît ( French pronunciation: [ ʁəne bɛlbənwa]; 4 April 1899 – 25 February 1959) was a French prisoner on Devil's Island who successfully escaped to the United States. He later published the memoirs, Dry Guillotine (1938) and Hell on Trial (1940), about his exploits.
René Belbenoit. 4.29. 272 ratings35 reviews. Dry Guillotine chronicles Belbenoit's childhood, the commission of two non-violent and relatively minor thefts from employers, his subsequent capture, conviction, and transportation to French Guiana.
Once Belbenoit's books caught the eyes of U.S. Immigration officers, he was deported as an illegal immigrant in 1940. A few months later, he was caught reentering the country in Brownsville, Texas and served almost a year in prison.
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