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Henri Charrière

1906 - 1973

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His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Charrière is the 321st most popular writer (down from 316th in 2024), the 369th most popular biography from France (down from 365th in 2019) and the 57th most popular French Writer.

Henri Charrière is most famous for writing the book Papillon, which is about his life in a penal colony in French Guiana.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Henri Charrière ranks 321 out of 7,302. Before him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Ernst Jünger, Antonin Artaud, Doris Lessing, Héloïse, and François Mauriac. After him are Italo Calvino, Marguerite de Navarre, Nadine Gordimer, Paul Celan, Colette, and Anne Brontë.

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Among people born in 1906, Henri Charrière ranks 21. Before him are Josephine Baker, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Estée Lauder, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, and Billy Wilder. After him are Vladimir Prelog, Ernst Ruska, Albert Hofmann, Victor Vasarely, Roberto Rossellini, and Hans Bethe. Among people deceased in 1973, Henri Charrière ranks 19. Before him are Walter Ulbricht, İsmet İnönü, J. Hans D. Jensen, Ivan Konev, Paavo Nurmi, and Hans Kelsen. After him are Abebe Bikila, John Ford, Karl Ziegler, Ludwig von Mises, Charles Greeley Abbot, and Anna Magnani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Charrière ranks 369 out of NaN. Before him are Denis Papin (1647), Pierre Boulez (1925), Antonin Artaud (1896), Diane de Poitiers (1499), Héloïse (1101), and François Mauriac (1885). After him are Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Claude of France (1499), René Goscinny (1926), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Jean Renoir (1894), and Jeanne d'Albret (1528).

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Among Writers In France

Among writers born in France, Henri Charrière ranks 57. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes (1135), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Antonin Artaud (1896), Héloïse (1101), and François Mauriac (1885). After him are Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Colette (1873), André Malraux (1901), Ève Curie (1904), Maurice Leblanc (1864), and Paul Valéry (1871).

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