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Pierre Boulle

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: February 20 1912

Died: 2929 01 19941994

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Pierre Boulle was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes that were both made into award-winning films.

Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in The Bridge over the River Kwai, about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film by David Lean won many Oscars, and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two genuine authors had been blacklisted.

His science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, where intelligent apes gain mastery over humans, was adapted into a series of five award-winning films that spawned magazine versions and popular themed toys.

Pierre Boulle

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: February 20 1912

Died: 2929 01 19941994

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Pierre Boulle was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes that were both made into award-winning films.

Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in The Bridge over the River Kwai, about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film by David Lean won many Oscars, and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two genuine authors had been blacklisted.

His science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, where intelligent apes gain mastery over humans, was adapted into a series of five award-winning films that spawned magazine versions and popular themed toys.

Books from Pierre Boulle

Planet of the Apes

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Bridge Over the River Kwai

Planet of the Apes: Visionaries

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Planet of the Apes: Ursus

Garden on the Moon

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Time Out of Mind

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Whale of the Victoria Cross

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Desperate Games

2.7/5 ( ratings)

L'archéologue et le mystère de Néfertiti

3.4/5 ( ratings)

Planet of the Apes: When Worlds Collide

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Good Leviathan

The Virtues of Hell

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Most přes řeku Kwai; Planeta opic

Ночь, которая умирает

Because it is absurd

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Le Sacrilège Malais

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Planet of the Apes Archive, Vol. 4: Evolution's Nightmare

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Executioner

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Французская фантастическая проза

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Kdo s koho, Satane!

3.7/5 ( ratings)