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Pierre Boulle

1912 - 1994

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Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French author. He is best known for the work Planet of the Apes (1963), and for fraudulent credit for writing The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Boulle is the 769th most popular writer (down from 738th in 2019), the 908th most popular biography from France (down from 893rd in 2019) and the 120th most popular French Writer.

Pierre Boulle is most famous for his novel "The Bridge over the River Kwai" which was later made into a movie.

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Among writers, Pierre Boulle ranks 769 out of 7,302. Before him are Harry Mulisch, V. S. Naipaul, Charles Maurras, Neal Cassady, Bernhard Schlink, and Ban Gu. After him are Christoph Martin Wieland, Heliodorus of Emesa, Agathias, Aubrey Beardsley, William Beckford, and Henry Fielding.

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Among people born in 1912, Pierre Boulle ranks 42. Before him are Adolf Galland, Juan Pujol García, Patrick White, Julius Axelrod, Woody Guthrie, and Karl Malden. After him are Herbert C. Brown, Chien-Shiung Wu, Elsa Morante, Kim Philby, James Callaghan, and Sonja Henie. Among people deceased in 1994, Pierre Boulle ranks 39. Before him are George Peppard, Telly Savalas, Guy Debord, Bassel al-Assad, Marija Gimbutas, and Andrés Escobar. After him are Vladimir Ivashko, Witold Lutosławski, Henry Mancini, Gian Maria Volonté, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Paul Delvaux.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Boulle ranks 908 out of 6,770. Before him are Joan the Lame (1293), Lucien Laurent (1907), Gérard Mourou (1944), Charles Maurras (1868), Georges Rouault (1871), and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764). After him are Alix of France (1151), Célestin Freinet (1896), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Georges Couthon (1755), Eleanor of Provence (1223), and Martin Schongauer (1450).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Boulle ranks 120. Before him are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Froissart (1337), Antoine Galland (1646), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), and Charles Maurras (1868). After him are Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Jean Anouilh (1910), Max Jacob (1876), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Theodore Beza (1519), and Alain-René Lesage (1668).

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