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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 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 Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Boulle has received more than 603,245 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Pierre Boulle is the 676th most popular writer (up from 693rd in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from France (down from 776th in 2019) and the 110th 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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  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pierre Boulle ranks 676 out of 5,755. Before him are Ivan Goncharov, Antoine François Prévost, Ryszard Kapuściński, Osip Mandelstam, H. L. Mencken, and Thomas Hardy. After him are Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Tony Buzan, Periander, Alain-René Lesage, Clarice Lispector, and Luis de Góngora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Pierre Boulle ranks 31. Before him are Kim Philby, James Callaghan, Konrad Emil Bloch, Robert Doisneau, Maria Mandl, and Alois Brunner. After him are Sergiu Celibidache, Edward Mills Purcell, Jozef Gabčík, Otto Ernst Remer, Minoru Yamasaki, and Leonid Kantorovich. Among people deceased in 1994, Pierre Boulle ranks 34. Before him are Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Robert Doisneau, Vladimir Ivashko, Gian Maria Volonté, Domenico Modugno, and Witold Lutosławski. After him are Marija Gimbutas, Raul Julia, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Paul Delvaux, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Fernando Rey.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Boulle ranks 791 out of 6,011. Before him are Vincent Cassel (1966), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Girard Desargues (1591), and Antoine François Prévost (1697). After him are Lorin Maazel (1930), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Dagobert II (650), and Edmond James de Rothschild (1845).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Pierre Boulle ranks 110. Before him are Frontinus (30), Georges Perec (1936), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Raymond Queneau (1903), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), and Antoine François Prévost (1697). After him are Alain-René Lesage (1668), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), Jean Froissart (1337), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), and Sidonius Apollinaris (430).

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