Books set in French Guiana, France

French Guiana

• 1969

  Papillon

  1969 · Henri Charrière · memoirÎles du Salut, French Guiana

  1930s: a convict of the bagne and his escapes, from Saint-Laurent to Devil’s Island.

• 1952

  Aventures en Guyane

  1952 · Raymond Maufrais · diary

  A young explorer’s notebooks, alone in the Guiana forest, until they stop in 1950.

• 1923

  Au bagne

  1923 · Albert Londres · travelSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana

  A reporter visits the penal colony of Cayenne and Saint-Laurent, and France listens.