René Barjavel

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24 stycznia 1911 — 24 listopada 1985 (74 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Wielka przygoda
    Wielka przygoda1953

Known For

  • Powrót Don Camilla
    Powrót Don Camilla1953
  • Mały światek Don Camilla
    Mały światek Don Camilla1952
  • Pięcioraczki
    Pięcioraczki1954
  • Nędznicy
    Nędznicy1958
  • An Angel on Wheels
    An Angel on Wheels1959
  • Wielka przygoda
    Wielka przygoda1953
  • Bez bólu
    Bez bólu1957
  • Człowiek w nieprzemakalnym płaszczu
    Człowiek w nieprzemakalnym płaszczu1957
  • Highway Pick-Up
    Highway Pick-Up1963
  • Bulwar
    Bulwar1960
  • Come imparai ad amare le donne
    Come imparai ad amare le donne1966
  • Dziwne pragnienia pana Bard
    Dziwne pragnienia pana Bard1954
  • Droga do Katmandu
    Droga do Katmandu1969
  • Toto in Paris
    Toto in Paris1958
  • Dyl Sowizdrzał
    Dyl Sowizdrzał1956
  • Goubbiah... mon amour
    Goubbiah... mon amour1956
  • Kobiety bez nazwiska
    Kobiety bez nazwiska1950
  • Z rąk do rąk
    Z rąk do rąk1960
  • Conduite à gauche
    Conduite à gauche1962
  • Postrach kobiet
    Postrach kobiet1956

Filmografia

1982
1969
The Pleasure Pit · as Novel
1960
1960
1959
An Angel on Wheels · as Screenplay
1958
Love on the Riviera · 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 Dialogue
1962
1962
Conduite à gauche · as Dialogue
1961
1957
1956
The Terror with Women · as Adaptation
1955
Les chiffonniers d'Emmaüs · as Scenario Writer
1954
1953
The Great Adventure · as Commentary: French VersionNa Plex