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In 1917, the Simenon family moved to a former post office building in the rue des Maraîchers. Using his father's heart condition as a pretext, Simenon quit school in June 1918, without taking his end-of-year exams.
Feb 20, 2015 · In “A Crime in Holland,” his solution to a crime is initiated by his fast appreciation of an 18-year-old girl’s “generous curves” and “flirtatious” smile. And in “The Grand Banks ...
- Scott Bradfield
Jul 8, 1984 · The gnawing mystery remains. Why did Marie-Jo, his much-loved daughter, suddenly act as if all the doors of her life had slammed shut and there was no exit?
Oct 3, 2011 · Simenon became truly frightened—some writers, on the committee’s recommendation, were barred from publishing—and in 1945, as soon as he could get out, he sailed with his family to North America.
- Joan Acocella
Jun 30, 2012 · Simenon, eager to leave a record of his childhood as it had been, of his parents and Belgium at the turn of the century for his son Marc, set to work in 1940. It is a touching scene, the writer locked away, toiling with the blade above his neck to craft a legacy for his son.
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. Simenon began working on a local newspaper at age 16, and at 19 he went to Paris ...
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Apr 25, 1993 · The Simenon family was large and loud--25 people sat down to Sunday lunch--and young Georges from an early age had ample opportunity to study the passions that lie just beneath the surface of ...
