Papillon (book)

Papillon (French: [papijɔ̃], lit. "butterfly") is a novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière's nickname. The novel details Papillon's purported incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945.

Papillon
First edition (French)
AuthorHenri Charrière
TranslatorPatrick O'Brian
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
GenreAutobiographical novel
PublisherRobert Laffont (French)
Hart-Davis, MacGibbon (English)
Publication date
1969
Published in English
January 1970
Pages516 (French)
Followed byBanco 
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