Novelist Pierre Boulle

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Pierre Boulle

Living place: France

Birthday: 20-2-1912

Global rank: #80247

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Who is Novelist Pierre Boulle?
Remembered best for the 1963 science fiction novel The Planet of the Apes, he also wrote the 1952 bestseller Bridge over the River Kwai. His lesser known works include Garden on the Moon (novel) and Time Out of Mind (short story).
He won the Croix de Guerre for his espionage work on behalf of the World War II-era resistance movement in French Indochina.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After studying engineering at the École Supérieure d'Electricité, he worked on a rubber plantation in British Malaya.

Family life info

Born into a Catholic family in Avignon, France, he later fell in love with a Frenchman he met while working in Malaya (the couple never married)

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Pierre Boulle?
His novel Planet about monkeys was adapted into a popular 1968 film starring Charlton Heston.

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When was Novelist Pierre Boulle born?
Pierre Boulle was born in 20-2-1912, death year is , at the age of 112.
Where is Novelist Pierre Boulle's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Pierre Boulle was born in France. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Pierre Boulle's global rank is 80247 and whose rank is 934 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1912 and 20-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Pierre Boulle

  • The "unsinkable" oceanliner Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg; over 1,500 drown (April 15).
  • Balkan Wars begin, resulting from territorial disputes: Turkey defeated by alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro (Oct.).

Birthday Pierre Boulle (20-2) in history

  • Day 20-2 year 1792: President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.
  • Day 20-2 year 1809: The Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government of the United States would be greater than that of any state.
  • Day 20-2 year 1895: Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.
  • Day 20-2 year 1962: John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.
  • Day 20-2 year 1998: Tara Lipinski won the Olympic figure skating gold medal.
  • Day 20-2 year 2003: A fire in a nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 and injured over 150.
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