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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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
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- Person
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- FR
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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.
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1906 births1973 deaths20th-century French male writers20th-century French memoirists20th-century French murderersDeaths from esophageal cancer in SpainDevil's Island inmatesEscapees from French detentionFrench escapeesFrench expatriates in SpainFrench male non-fiction writersFrench people convicted of murder