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Pierre Boulle
Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle 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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culture · French novelist (1912–1994) · writer · screenwriter · novelist · engineer · science fiction writer · also Pierre Boulle, Boulle
Born 20 February 1912 · Died 30 January 1994 · Q219910
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2022· 1 entry
Deadline.com: Pierre Boulle’s ‘The Virtues Of Hell’ And ‘Planet Of The Men’ Rights Acquired For Film, TV
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2021· 1 entry
Le télégramme: Sept choses étonnantes sur Pierre Boulle, le père de « La planète des singes »
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2020· 1 entry
Europe1: Bernard Werber rend hommage à Pierre Boulle, l’auteur de "La planète des singes"
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2019· 1 entry
RTBF: Le meilleur des mondes: La planète des singes de Pierre Boulle
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2014· 1 entry
La Provence: Pierre Boulle, le père vauclusien de "La Planète des singes"
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2012· 2 entries
BroadwayWorld: Pierre Boulle
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La Provence: Pierre Boulle : célébré à Hollywood, oublié chez lui
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1994· 1 entry
Died 1994-01-30.
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1985· 1 entry
As Trouble in Paradise by Patricia Wolf)
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1984· 1 entry
By Patricia Wolf, US title: The Whale of the Victoria Cross, UK title: The Falklands Whale)
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1978· 1 entry
As The Good Leviathan by Margaret Giovanelli)
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1977· 1 entry
As The Marvelous Palace And Other Stories by Margaret Giovanelli)
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
An animated Return to the Planet of the Apes series was shown on television
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1974· 1 entry
As The Virtues of Hell by Patricia Wolf)
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1972· 1 entry
As Ears of the Jungle by Michael Dobry and Lynda Cole) - story of the Vietnam war told from the perspective of a North Vietnamese commander
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1971· 1 entry
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes in 1972, and Battle for the Planet of the Apes in 1973
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1970· 1 entry
As Because It Is Absurd: On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Elisabeth Abbott)
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1968· 1 entry
The book was made into an Oscar-winning film, directed by Franklin J
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1967· 2 entries
By Xan Fielding, US title: The Photographer, UK title: An Impartial Eye)
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By Xan Fielding, US title: My Own River Kwai, UK title: The Source of the River Kwai)—memoir
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1964· 1 entry
As Monkey Planet by Xan Fielding; later issued as Planet of the Apes)
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1963· 1 entry
Following several other reasonably successful novels, Boulle published his other famous novel, La planète des singes, translated in 1964 as Monkey Planet by Xan Fielding, and later re-issued as Planet of the Apes
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1961· 1 entry
By Xan Fielding, US title: The Executioner, UK title: The Chinese Executioner)
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1960· 1 entry
As A Noble Profession by Xan Fielding; also issued as For a Noble Cause)
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1959· 1 entry
As Sacrilege in Malaya by Xan Fielding; also issued as S
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1958· 5 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958).
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As Walt Disney's Siam by Herbert Knapp)—in Walt Disney's "Le Monde et ses habitants"/"The World and its Inhabitants" series
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As The Other Side of the Coin by Richard Howard)
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(US) and 1973 (France), La Face in 1959 (US) and 1966 (West Germany), and Un Métier de Seigneur in 1986 (France), as well as the short story "Le Miracle" (from E=mc2) in 1985 (US)
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1957· 1 entry
As The Test by Xan Fielding; also issued as White Man's Test)
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1956· 1 entry
As Saving Face by Xan Fielding; also issued as Face of a Hero)
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1955· 1 entry
As Not the Glory by Xan Fielding; also issued as Spy Converted)
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1954· 1 entry
As The Bridge over the River Kwai by Xan Fielding)
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Sainte-Beuve (1952).
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1949· 1 entry
Moved back to Paris and began to write, drawing from his memories of Malaya and Indochina
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1943· 1 entry
Was captured by Vichy France loyalists on the Mekong River
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1912· 1 entry
Born 1912-02-20.
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