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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon ( French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer, most famous for his fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most popular authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 novels, 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over 500 million copies.
- Jules Maigret
Jules Maigret (French: [ʒyl mɛɡʁɛ]), or simply Maigret, is a...
- Georges Simenon bibliography
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃];...
- Jules Maigret
Sep 7, 1989 · Georges Simenon, the masterly Belgian novelist whose Inspector Maigret mysteries and many other highly regarded works made him one of the most widely published authors of the century, died in...
Sep 12, 2022 · Georges Simenon, the matchless French crime novelist and the author of the Inspector Maigret series—which has been completely retranslated and issued in a paperback edition from Penguin—takes...
Apr 8, 2024 · Georges Simenon (born Feb. 13, 1903, Liège, Belg.—died Sept. 4, 1989, Lausanne, Switz.) was a Belgian-French novelist whose prolific output surpassed that of any of his contemporaries and who was perhaps the most widely published author of the 20th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 6, 1989 · From Associated Press. GENEVA — Georges Simenon, creator of the French detective Inspector Maigret and the most widely published author of the 20th Century, has died at his Swiss home in...
Sep 7, 1989 · September 6, 1989 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Georges Simenon, 86, one of the most prolific and widely read authors of this century who was best known as the creator of the fictional Paris police...
