René Barjavel

Autor

24. Januar 1911 — 24. November 1985 (74 Jahre)
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.

Source: Article "René Barjavel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filme & Serien auf plex.tv

  • Erlebnisse am See
    Erlebnisse am See1953

Bekannt aus

  • Don Camillos Rückkehr
    Don Camillos Rückkehr1953
  • Don Camillo und Peppone
    Don Camillo und Peppone1952
  • Der Hammel mit den 5 Beinen
    Der Hammel mit den 5 Beinen1954
  • Die Elenden
    Die Elenden1958
  • Das Rasthaus des Teufels
    Das Rasthaus des Teufels1963
  • Erlebnisse am See
    Erlebnisse am See1953
  • Der Mann im Regenmantel
    Der Mann im Regenmantel1957
  • Lichter von Paris
    Lichter von Paris1960
  • Ein Engel auf Erden
    Ein Engel auf Erden1959
  • Katmandu
    Katmandu1969
  • Eine wunderbare Liebe
    Eine wunderbare Liebe1954
  • Der Fall des Dr. Laurent
    Der Fall des Dr. Laurent1957
  • Pariser wider Willen
    Pariser wider Willen1958
  • Die Abenteuer des Till Ulenspiegel
    Die Abenteuer des Till Ulenspiegel1956
  • Das gewisse Etwas der Frauen
    Das gewisse Etwas der Frauen1966
  • Liebe unter heißem Himmel
    Liebe unter heißem Himmel1956
  • Das kunstseidene Mädchen
    Das kunstseidene Mädchen1960
  • Frauen ohne Namen
    Frauen ohne Namen1950
  • Conduite à gauche
    Conduite à gauche1962
  • Der Damenschreck
    Der Damenschreck1956

Filmografie

1982
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

1975
Apostrophes · as Self
1970

1989
The Big Secret · as Author
1966
1966
1965
Don Camillo in Moscow · as Dialogue
1963
Highway Pick-Up · as Adaptation
1962
1962
Conduite à gauche · as Dialogue
1961
1958
1957
1956
The Terror with Women · as Adaptation
1955
Les chiffonniers d'Emmaüs · as Scenario Writer
1954
1953
The Great Adventure · as Commentary: French Versionauf plex.tv