Henri Charriere recounted his numerous escape attempts from French prisons in South America in this work
[DOC] [TLE] Papillon (book) - Wikipedia [PAR] Papillon [papij] is a fictional novel written by Henri Charrire, first published in 
France on 30 ... Charrire always said his account was true, and that he told the 
story to a professional writer, who drafted it in final form.