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3 unusual facts about Robert Merle


André Baudry

In 1979, he invited a large congress of sympathetic well-known intellectuals like Michel Foucault, Robert Merle, and Paul Veyne.

Helen Weaver

A Sentient Animal, Robert Merle (1967, translated 1969, as The Day of the Dolphin, the basis for the film of the same name)

Robert Merle

His novels Un animal doué de raison (A Sentient Animal, 1967), a stark Cold War satire inspired by John Lilly's studies of dolphins and the Caribbean Crisis, and Malevil (1972), a post-apocalyptic story, were both translated into English and filmed, the former, in 1973, as The Day of the Dolphin.



see also

Vittoria Accoramboni

Her story formed the basis of John Webster's drama, The White Devil, or The Tragedy of Paolo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano (1612), of Stendhal's novella Vittoria Accoramboni (1837-1839), of Ludwig Tieck's novel, Vittoria Accoramboni (1840) and of Robert Merle's novel l'Idole (1987) published in English translation as Vittoria.