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Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French author. He is best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning films.
Aug 3, 2014 · The man behind two cinema greats was the little known French spy, Pierre Boulle - as well as The Planet of the Apes, he also wrote The Bridge on the River Kwai.
La Planète des singes, known in English as Planet of the Apes in the US and Monkey Planet in the UK, is a 1963 science fiction novel by French author Pierre Boulle. It was adapted into the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, launching the Planet of the Apes media franchise.
Pierre Boulle (born February 20, 1912, Avignon, France—died January 30, 1994, Paris) was a French novelist who successfully combined adventure and psychology in works dealing largely with his experiences in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaya.
Pierre Boulle has 126 books on Goodreads with 98186 ratings. Pierre Boulle’s most popular book is Planet of the Apes.
May 10, 2024 · French writer Pierre Boulle, author of 'Planet of the Apes' and 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', in 1985. Sophie Bassouls (Sygma via Getty Images) Born in Avignon in 1912, Boulle...
Mar 14, 2024 · This chapter introduces Pierre Boulle (1912–1994), a French author born in Avignon, who, along with Jacques Spitz (1896–1963; La Guerre des Mouches, 1938; War of the Flies) and René Barjavel (Montoneri & El Hajj, 2022 ), is a pioneer of contemporary French science fiction.
Pierre Boulle was born in Avignon, France, in 1912. He originally trained as an engineer, but in 1936 he went to Malaysia and worked as a rubber planter. In 1939 he was called up in the...
Boulle, Pierre. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1912-1994) French author who trained as an electrical engineer and spent eight years in Malaysia as a planter and soldier.
Jan 30, 2019 · Pierre Boulle (February 20, 1912 – January 30, 1994) was a man who “didn’t like to talk,” recounts his son-in-law Jean Loriot-Boulle, the widower of Françoise-Caroline, the niece and almost adoptive daughter of the writer.
