René Barjavel

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24. januar 1911 — 24. november 1985 (74 år)
René Barjavel (24 January 1911 – 24 November 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern France. He is best known as a science fiction author, whose work often involved the fall of civilisation due to technocratic hubris and the madness of war, but who also favoured themes emphasising the durability of love.

René Barjavel wrote several novels with these themes, such as Ravage (translated as Ashes, ashes), Le Grand Secret, La Nuit des temps (translated as The Ice People), and Une rose au paradis. His writing is poetic, dreamy and sometimes philosophical. Some of his works have their roots in an empirical and poetic questioning of the existence of God (notably La Faim du tigre). He was also interested in the environmental heritage which we leave to future generations. Whilst his works are rarely taught in French schools, his books are very popular in France.

Barjavel wrote Le Voyageur imprudent (1943), the first novel to present the famous Grandfather paradox of time travel: if one goes backwards in time and kills one of their ancestors before he had children, the traveller cannot exist and therefore cannot kill the ancestor.

Barjavel died in 1985 and was buried with his ancestors in Tarendol (commune) cemetery, opposite Mount Ventoux in Provence. He used these place names in his books; Mount Ventoux appears as the site of the space base in Colomb de la lune, for example, and Tarendol is the name of the hero in the eponymous novel.

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Filmer & Serier på Plex

  • The Great Adventure
    The Great Adventure1953

Kjent for

  • The Return of Don Camillo
    The Return of Don Camillo1953
  • The Little World of Don Camillo
    The Little World of Don Camillo1952
  • The Sheep Has Five Legs
    The Sheep Has Five Legs1954
  • Les Misérables
    Les Misérables1958
  • Highway Pick-Up
    Highway Pick-Up1963
  • An Angel on Wheels
    An Angel on Wheels1959
  • The Great Adventure
    The Great Adventure1953
  • The Man in the Raincoat
    The Man in the Raincoat1957
  • The Devil and the Ten Commandments
    The Devil and the Ten Commandments1962
  • Boulevard
    Boulevard1960
  • Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
    Strange Desire of Mr. Bard1954
  • The Case of Dr. Laurent
    The Case of Dr. Laurent1957
  • Bold Adventure
    Bold Adventure1956
  • The Pleasure Pit
    The Pleasure Pit1969
  • Toto in Paris
    Toto in Paris1958
  • Goubbiah... mon amour
    Goubbiah... mon amour1956
  • Come imparai ad amare le donne
    Come imparai ad amare le donne1966
  • Women Without Names
    Women Without Names1950
  • The High Life
    The High Life1960
  • Conduite à gauche
    Conduite à gauche1962

Filmografi

1969
The Pleasure Pit · as Novel
1960
1960
1959
An Angel on Wheels · as Screenplay
1958
Toto in Paris · as Screenplay
1958
1957
The Case of Dr. Laurent · as Screenplay
1956
1956
1954
1953
The Return of Don Camillo · as Screenplay
1952
1950
Women Without Names · as Screenplay