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Henri Antonin Charrière was a French writer, adventurer, screenwriter, and memoirist. Born in Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, France, on November 16, 1906, he wrote in French and used the pseudonym Papillon. His notable work is the memoir *Papillon*. He was convicted of murder.
Charrière died of esophageal cancer in Madrid on July 29, 1973, due to natural causes. His writing career spanned from 1969 to 1970. Other works attributed to him include *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
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Film & TV
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
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès
- Place of death
- Madrid
- Occupation
- memoirist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Papillon
- Genre
- memoir
- Convicted of
- murder
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- date of birth
- 1906-11-16
- date of death
- 1973-07-29
- cause of death
- esophageal cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Henri Charrière
- birth name
- Henri Antonin Charrière
- Commons category
- Henri Charrière
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- end of work period
- 1970-00-00
- pseudonym
- Papillon
- writing language
- French
- place of burial
- Lanas
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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.