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Jean Hougron
Jean Hougron (1 July 1923 - 22 May 2001) was a French novelist, famous for a series of novels set in French Indochina in the mid-20th century, which is where he resided and travelled for several years. Several of these novels are collected in the series "La Nuit Indochinoise" ("The Indochina Night"), which include several best sellers, such as "Tu récolteras la tempête" ("Reap the Wirlwind").
Life.
Jean Hougron was born on 1 July
, including his best-known books "Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï" ("The Bridge over the River Kwai") and "La Planète des singes" ("Planet of the Apes"). He translated several books by Jean Lartéguy, as well as works by Gabriel Chevallier, Pierre Schoendoerffer and Jean Hougron. Fielding also collaborated with Patrick Leigh Fermor in a translation from Greek of George Psychoundakis' book "The Cretan Runner".
Fielding was related to the actress Vivian Leigh/Hartley through his mother