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Feb 1, 1994 · Pierre Boulle, the author of "The Bridge Over the River Kwai," "Planet of the Apes" and other novels and short stories, died on Sunday in Paris, The Associated Press reported. He was 81 and lived ...
Feb 3, 1994 · Pierre Boulle, the French author of the best-selling novels “Bridge on the River Kwai” and “Planet of the Apes,” which were turned into popular films, has died in Paris. He was 81.
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Pierre Boulle was himself captured, imprisoned, set to forced labor and then escaped from such a camp in Malaysia and one of the strongest undercurrents in the book is the author's obvious contempt for the Japanese.
- Xan (Translation) Boulle, Pierre ; Fielding
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 French forces in Indochina, and when France fell during World War II, he fled to Singapore, where he joined the Free French Mission.
Pierre Boulle. Writer: The Bridge on the River Kwai. Pierre Boulle was a French novelist 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. He was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labor. He used these ...
Pierre Boulle was himself captured, imprisoned, set to forced labor and then escaped from such a camp in Malaysia and one of the strongest undercurrents in the book is the author's obvious contempt for the Japanese.
- Pierre Boulle
