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Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle was a French novelist largely known for two famous works, The Bridge Over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963).

David Lean made The Bridge over the River Kwai into a motion picture that won several 1957 Oscars, including the Best Picture, and Best Actor for Alec Guinness. Boulle himself won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay despite not having written the screenplay and, by his own admission, not even speaking English. (He gave what is said to be the shortest acceptance speech in Academy Award history, the single word "Merci".) Boulle had been credited with the screenplay because the film's actual writers, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, had been blacklisted as communist sympathizers. Pierre Boulle was neither a Socialist nor a Communist. The Motion Picture Academy added Foreman's and Wilson's names to the award in 1984.

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French novelist (1912–1994)

Born 20 February 1912
Died 30 January 1994

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  • Cover of: The bridge on the River Kwai

    Cover of edition bridgeonriverkwa0000boul_k5s6 Cover of edition lepontdelarivier0000boul Cover of edition bridgeonriverkwa0000boul_m2c0 Cover of edition bridgeoverriverk1963boul Cover of edition bridgeoverriverk00boul Cover of edition bridgeoverriverk0000boul Cover of edition bridgeoverriverk0000boul_l0i8 Cover of edition bridgeoverriverk00pier Cover of edition bridgeoverriver00boul First published in 1952 — 95 editions
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  • Cover of: Planet of the Apes

    Cover of edition laplanetedessing0000boul Cover of edition laplanetedessing0000boul_b4j5 Cover of edition planetofapespier0000unse Cover of edition planetofapes00pier Cover of edition planetofapes00boul First published in 1963 — 61 editions
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  • Cover of: William Conrad

    First published in 1950 — 9 editions
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    First published in 1963 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The Falklands Whale

    Cover of edition falklandswhale0000boul First published in 1983 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Time out of mind: and other stories.

    First published in 1966 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: voies du salut

    First published in 1958 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: métier de seigneur: roman.

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  • Cover of: E=mc2: récits

    First published in 1957 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Les Vertus de l'enfer

    First published in 1974 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The source of the River Kwai

    First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Desperate Games

    First published in 2014 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Les oreilles de jungle: roman.

    First published in 1972 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Le\Photographe

    First published in 1967 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: face Of a Hero

    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Great war stories

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  • Cover of: Not the glory;

    First published in 1955 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1971 — 2 editions
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French novelist (1912–1994)

Born 20 February 1912
Died 30 January 1994

Subjects

Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Falkland Islands War, 1982, Fiction, general, French fiction, Whales, Crusades, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, science fiction, general, French Personal narratives, French Short stories, Personal narratives, French, Short stories, French, Translations into English, Admiral Graf Spee (Battleship), Apes, Apparitions, Big bang theory, Biographies, Biography, Burma, Burma-Siam Railroad, Burma-Siam Railroad in fiction, Children's fiction, Comics & graphic novels, science fiction

Places

Southeast Asia, France

People

Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250)

Time

Sixth, 1228-1229, 2500

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Alternative names

  • Pierre (translated from the French by Patricia Wolf Boulle
  • Boulle Pierre
  • BOULLE Pierre
  • Boulle, Pierre,
  • Boulle. Pierre ( Translated from the French by Xan Fielding)
  • Пьер Буль

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