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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1911-01-24
- Died
- 24 November 1985
- Works
- 38
Top works
- Nuit des Temps
- La Nuit des temps
- Le grand secret
- Jour du feu
- Colomb de la lune
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Nyons, Drôme, France
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,…
Known for
- Apostrophes — Self1975
- Samedi soir — Self1971
- D'un Céline l'autre — Self1969
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- Listeners
- 10
- Total plays
- 425
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- René
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Nyons
- Place of death
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Employer
- Le Journal du Dimanche
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Genre
- science fiction
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Identite-ReneBarjavel-1949-Sacem.png
- Work location
- France
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- name in native language
- René Barjavel
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- René Barjavel
- date of birth
- 1911-01-24
- date of death
- 1985-11-24
- Commons Creator page
- René Barjavel
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- place of burial
- Bellecombe-Tarendol
- end of work period
- 1985-00-00
- birth name
- René Henri Gustave Barjavel
- writing language
- French
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