Biography: George Langelaan (19 January 1908 – 9 February 1972) was a French-British writer and journalist born in Paris, France. He is best known for his 1957 short story "The Fly", which was the basis for the 1958 and 1986 sci-fi/horror films and a 2008 opera of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Langelaan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.