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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.
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, Xan Fielding
- 1963
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Aug 3, 2014 · Today few people have heard of Pierre Boulle. He was the French author who first had the brilliant idea of humans travelling in time and stumbling on ape civilisation. It was in his 1963 novel...
The Bridge over the River Kwai (French: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï) is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English translation by Xan Fielding in 1954.
- Pierre Boulle
- 1952
“Planet of the Apes” “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.
Overview. Pierre Boulle. (1912—1994) Quick Reference. (1912–94) French author (born Avignon) who drew upon his wartime experiences for The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952). His wry and philosophical Monkey Planet (1963) was adapted for the ... From: Boulle, Pierre in The Oxford Companion to English Literature » Subjects: Literature.
