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Henri Antonin Charrière (1906–1973) was a French writer, adventurer, screenwriter, and memoirist. Born in Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, he was convicted of murder. His literary career spanned from 1969 to 1970, during which he wrote in French. He is best known for his memoir *Papillon*, a work that shares its title with his pseudonym.
Charrière died of esophageal cancer in Madrid in 1973. His bibliography includes other titles such as *Banco*, *La caravane sacrée*, *Le matin est servi*, and *La mort de Mao*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6 Nov 1906
- Died
- 29 Jul 1973
- Works
- 15
Top works
- פרפר
- Banco / Papillon
- Papillon
- Papillon;"La caravane sacrée";"Le matin est servi";"La mort de Mao"
- Banco
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, Département Ardèche, France
Henri Charrière was a French citizen sentenced to imprisonment for murder and transported to the penal settlements of French Guiana. His astonishing escapes became material for his published self-biography and the feature film "Papillon".
Known for
- The Magnificent Rebel — Self1973
- Popsy Pop — Marco1971
- Samedi soir — Self1971
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1906
- Active to
- 1973
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21
- Total plays
- 1,660
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative
· 2010 · cited 7,608x
- Local compositions in thermodynamic excess functions for liquid mixtures
· 1968 · cited 6,318x
- Type, Density, and Location of Immune Cells Within Human Colorectal Tumors Predict Clinical Outcome
· 2006 · cited 5,495x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,773x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1906-11-16 ) 16 November 1906, Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès , France
- Died
- 29 July 1973 (1973-07-29) (aged 66), Madrid , Spain
- Other name
- Papillon
- Occupation
- Memoirist
- Known for
- Papillon , Banco
- Spouse s
- Georgette Fourel (1929–30), Rita Ben-Simon (1945–73)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Henri Charrière ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi ʃaʁjɛʁ]; 16 November 1906 – 29 July 1973) was a French writer who was convicted of murder in 1931 by the French courts and pardoned in 1970. He wrote the 1969 novel Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana. While Charrière claimed that Papillon was largely true, modern researchers believe that much of the book's material came from other inmates, rather than Charrière himself. Charrière denied committing the murder, although he freely admitted to having committed various other petty crimes (notably when he was a procurer) prior to his incarceration.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Henri Charrière” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.