Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Pierre Boulle
Born: February 20, 1912
Died: January 30, 1994 (aged 81)
Bio: Pierre Boulle was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes, that were both made into award-winning films.
Known for:
- Planet of the Apes (1963)
- The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952)
- Desperate games (1973)
- The whale of the Victoria Cross (1983)
- Ears of the jungle (1972)