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Personal Experiences influenced Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The influence
Personal Experiences
Real world
The work it shaped
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Book · 1997
- Disability
- Illness & recovery
The evidence
Jean-Dominique Bauby, left with locked-in syndrome after a stroke, dictated the book letter by letter by blinking his left eyelid, and describes life inside a body that no longer moves.
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