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Georges Simenon

Belgian writer (1903–1986)

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Georges Simenon was a Belgian writer who lived from 1903 to 1986 and became famous for creating the detective character Inspector Maigret and writing numerous crime novels and psychological thrillers. His prolific output and influential contributions to the detective and crime fiction genres made him one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century.

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Born: February 13, 1903
Died: September 4, 1989
Works: 1227

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La nuit du carrefour
The iron staircase
Three Beds in Manhattan
Le Petti Homme D''Arkhangelsk
Maigret right and wrong

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Writing · Liège, Belgium

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 accounting…

Known for

Federico Fellini's Autobiography — Self (archive footage)2000
Apostrophes — Self1975
Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
Treffpunkte — Self1970
Cinépanorama — Self1956

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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon ( French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most prolific and successful authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 novels (including 192 under his own name), 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over 500 million copies.

Apart from his detective fiction, he achieved critical acclaim for his literary novels, which he called romans durs (hard novels). Among his literary admirers were Max Jacob, François Mauriac and André Gide. Gide wrote, “I consider Simenon a great novelist, perhaps the greatest, and the most genuine novelist that we have had in contemporary French literature.”