Pierre Boulle

Birthday: February 20, 1912

Death: January 30, 1994

Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist largely known for two famous works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963). Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Boulle  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.