Henri Charrière

1906–1973

2 standalone books

Henri Charrière (1906–1973) was a French writer who was convicted of murder in 1931 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 much of the book's material came from other inmates rather than Charrière himself.

Born

1906