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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 - Wikipedia
Jules Maigret ( French: [ʒyl mɛɡʁɛ] ), or simply Maigret, is...
- Category:Films based on works by Georges Simenon - Wikipedia
The Baron of the Locks. Betty (film) Blood to the Head. The...
- Jules Maigret - Wikipedia
Georges Simenon (1903-1989) Georges Simenon. Georges Simenon was a Belgian novelist, writing in the French language. He published nearly 500 different novels, and a large number of short stories. He became internationally famous for creating the French police detective Jules Maigret, as the protagonist in a celebrated series of mystery novels.
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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Simenon was born at 26 rue Léopold (now number 24) in Liège to Désiré Simenon and his wife Henriette Brüll. Désiré Simenon worked in an ...
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 ...
Jul 29, 2022 · A compulsive need to understand human behaviour drove Georges Simenon to write more than 400 novels and at least 1,000 short stories. When the Belgian writer finally decided to quit fiction in his ...
