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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.
- Collège Saint-Louis, Liège
- Novelist
- Belgian
- 1919–1981
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.
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Apr 22, 1984 · The next morning, early, the undertaker's man brought us the box with your ashes, and, once we were alone, I fulfilled your last wish: to have those white ashes strewn over the little garden of ...
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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Jul 8, 1984 · In spite of Simenon's attachment to his daughter and his indulgence of her every whim during her childhood she regarded him as a rejecting lover.
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 ...
Oct 3, 2011 · In “Maigret and the Killer” (1969), a young man is stabbed to death on the sidewalk in front of a café. Four men playing cards in the café hear the commotion and go to the door, but they don ...
