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Charles Brunier (31 May 1901 – 26 January 2007) was a French convicted murderer and veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, who claimed in 2005 to have been the inspiration for Papillon.
Charles Brunier, Devil's Island convict with a butterfly tattoo, who in 2005 claimed to have been the inspiration for Papillon. Clément Duval, Devil's Island escapee and memoirist whose story was also said to have inspired Papillon.
Charles Brunier was behind bars for fifteen years in the Cayenne prison, which closed its doors in 1953 after having taken in almost 70,000 prisoners in a hundred years. He does not remember the minister's grandfather.
Charles Brunier was a French convicted murderer and veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, who claimed in 2005 to have been the inspiration for Papillon. Circumstantial evidence, including his butterfly tattoo and him having been on Devil's Island at the time, supported the claim.
May 8, 2019 · Decades after the original book came out, the story continued to unravel in 2005, when a 104-year-old inmate Charles Brunier claimed he was the model for the book.
- Harpercollins Publishers
- Writer-At-Large
Sep 28, 2018 · In 2005, Charles Brunier, who was 104 years old, said that it was his story that Charrière told in Papillon. Brunier, who was imprisoned at the same penal colony as Charrière during the same time period, told a French newspaper that he inspired Charrière to write the book.
Charles Brunier (31 May 1901 – 26 January 2007) was a French convicted murderer and veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, who claimed in 2005 to have been the inspiration for Papillon. Circumstantial evidence, including his butterfly tattoo and him having been on Devil's Island at the time, supported the claim.
