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- "Pierre Boulle was profoundly Anglophile," says Jean Loriot, who heads the Association of Friends of Pierre Boulle. "In the Far East he worked alongside English people. He was impregnated by English culture. He admired the English greatly. And when he came to write he made many of his heroes English."
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Aug 3, 2014 · "Pierre Boulle was profoundly Anglophile," says Jean Loriot, who heads the Association of Friends of Pierre Boulle. "In the Far East he worked alongside English people. He was impregnated by...
Nationality. French. Period. 1950–1992. Notable works. The Bridge on the River Kwai. Planet of the Apes. 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.
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Died: January 30, 1994, Paris (aged 81) Notable Works: “E=mc 2 ”. “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 ...
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2 days ago · Pierre Boulle is one of the most translated French authors in the world. He is also one of the most forgotten. 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 lieutenant in the Indochina Peninsula, and later as a secret agent for ...
Mar 14, 2024 · The Bridge on the River Kwai directed by Sir David Lean won seven Academy Awards, including the Best Adapted Screenplay for Pierre Boulle, even though he did not speak English, despite being an anglophile and using an English cover name during the war:
Jan 24, 2024 · If Boulle’s name does not ring many bells, two of his novels that transferred to the cinema screen certainly will. After all, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes rank among the most significant films of the 20th century, both of which were adaptations of books by Pierre Boulle.
Jul 28, 2001 · When French author Pierre Boulle imagined a civilization ruled by apes, he envisioned a French journalist, not an American astronaut, as the protagonist of the fictional world. The 1963 novel ...
