René Barjavel

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24 de janeiro de 1911 — 24 de novembro de 1985 (74 anos)
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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Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • The Great Adventure
    The Great Adventure1953

Conhecido Por

  • O Regresso de D. Camilo
    O Regresso de D. Camilo1953
  • Dom Camilo
    Dom Camilo1952
  • Os Cinco Gémeos
    Os Cinco Gémeos1954
  • Os Miseráveis
    Os Miseráveis1958
  • Febre de dinheiro
    Febre de dinheiro1963
  • Um Anjo de Rapariga
    Um Anjo de Rapariga1959
  • The Great Adventure
    The Great Adventure1953
  • O Homem Impermeável
    O Homem Impermeável1957
  • O Diabo e os Dez Mandamentos
    O Diabo e os Dez Mandamentos1962
  • Boulevard
    Boulevard1960
  • Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
    Strange Desire of Mr. Bard1954
  • The Case of Dr. Laurent
    The Case of Dr. Laurent1957
  • As Aventuras de Till
    As Aventuras de Till1956
  • Os caminhos de Katmandou
    Os caminhos de Katmandou1969
  • Totó em Paris
    Totó em Paris1958
  • Goubbiah, o Homem Que Veio do Mar
    Goubbiah, o Homem Que Veio do Mar1956
  • Como Aprendi a Amar as Mulheres
    Como Aprendi a Amar as Mulheres1966
  • Mulheres Sem Nome
    Mulheres Sem Nome1950
  • The High Life
    The High Life1960
  • Conduite à gauche
    Conduite à gauche1962

Filmografia

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