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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.
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.
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 has 127 books on Goodreads with 98523 ratings. Pierre Boulle’s most popular book is Planet of the Apes.
May 10, 2024 · Author of 40 novels and books of short stories, this French engineer and soldier became a writer after returning from World War II, where he fought with the rank of...
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.
May 9, 2024 · Published in 1963 by noted French author and former military operative Pierre Boulle, La Planete de singes, the original novel told a philosophical and satirical story about talking apes that was published under the title Monkey Planet in the United Kingdom.
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...
Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French writer. He was born in Avignon, France. Boulle wrote many novels and short stories in French. Two stories became popular English language movies: Planet of the Apes and The Bridge on the River Kwai.
