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Pierre Boulle
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Pierre Boulle was a French novelist best known for writing imaginative fiction that explored philosophical themes and social commentary. His works, including the acclaimed science fiction novel that inspired the Planet of the Apes films, have had a lasting impact on popular culture and continue to be read widely around the world.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 20 February 1912
- Died
- 30 January 1994
- Works
- 181
Top works
- Never Victorious, Never Defeated; The Bridge Over theRiver Kwai; Minutes of the Last Meeting; Lily
- Le pont de la rivière Kwaï
- the bridge over the river kwai
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Planeta de Los Simios / Planet of the Apes
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 62
- Total plays
- 955
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,860x
- Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 28,222x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,406x
- Outline of a Theory of Practice
· 1977 · cited 19,093x
- Testing for a unit root in time series regression
· 1988 · cited 12,652x
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Key facts
- Born
- Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle , ( 1912-02-20 ) 20 February 1912, Avignon , France
- Died
- 30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) (aged 81), Paris , France
- Occupation
- Author
- Nationality
- French
- Period
- 1950–1992
- Notable works
- The Bridge over the River Kwai , Planet of the Apes
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Pierre Boulle, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Southeast Asia, when he was captured and imprisoned for two years. These experiences inspired The Bridge over the River Kwai, about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film, named The Bridge on the River Kwai, by David Lean won seven Academy Awards (including Best Adapted Screenplay), and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two actual screenwriters had been blacklisted.
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