Overview
- Pelicot’s lawyer, Béatrice Zavarro, says he wrote multiple works behind bars, including novels, poetry and an autobiography setting out “his version.”
- A report cited by WAZ says a working title for the autobiography is “Les confessions de Dominique Pelicot écrites depuis sa cellule,” and the lawyer describes the writing as therapeutic.
- Zavarro acknowledges that outreach to publishers has met with cautious, reluctant responses and no deal has been secured.
- Pelicot is serving a 20-year sentence handed down in December 2024 for drugging his wife and arranging rapes, with about 50 additional men also convicted.
- Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is scheduled for February 2026 in 20 languages, with the German edition titled “Eine Hymne auf das Leben.”