George simenon biography
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Georges Simenon
Belgian writer (–)
"Simenon" redirects here. For other uses, see Simenon (disambiguation).
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| Born | Georges Joseph Christian Simenon ()12 February or ()13 February Liège, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Died | 4 September () (aged&#;86) Lausanne, Romandy, Switzerland |
| Pen name | G. Sim, Monsieur Le Coq |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Alma&#;mater | Collège Saint-Louis, Liège |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Notable awards | Académie royale de Belgique () |
Georges namn Christian Simenon (French:[ʒɔʁʒsimnɔ̃]; 12/13 February – 4 September ) 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 novels (including under his own name), 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over million copies.
Apart from his detective fiction, he achieved critical acclaim for his literary novels, which h
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Sad to say, Simenon endorsed this snobbish position. He called his Maigret novels quasi-literary. Like Conan Doyle with Sherlock Holmes, he tried to ditch his famous detective. From to , he wrote no Maigret novels. Then, he said, he yielded to popular demand, which is another way of saying that he yielded to financial considerations. Very early on, Simenon learned to spend what he earned. He had fabulous houses—he once rented a sixteenth-century château—and fancy cars to park in front of them. At one point, when he was living in the country, he had a menagerie, including a white stallion that he liked to ride to the market, and two wolves. (The latter, unfortunately, ate the family cat and had to be given to a zoo.)
Living in such a manner, Simenon could not ignore his sales. In his mature period, he wrote almost twice as many straight novels as Maigret novels—a hundred and thirty-four versus seventy-six—but it was the Maigrets that made the real money. Simenon was legendary in the
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Georges Simenon bibliography
French
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- The Man from Everywhere. Tr. Gilbert, Stuart. London: George Routledge & Sons.
- The Mystery of the 'Polarlys' . Tr. Gilbert, Stuart. London: George Routledge & Sons.
- Danger at Sea. Tr. Victor Kosta. Garden City, N.Y.: Hanover House.
- Mr Hire's Engagement. Tr. Woodward, Daphne. London: Hamish Hamilton.
- The Engagement. Tr. Moschovakis, Anna. New York Review Books (NYRB) Classics.
- Monsieur Hire's Engagement. Translated by Moschovakis, Anna. UK: Penguin Classics. ISBN&#;.
- Tropic Moon. Tr. Gilbert, Stuart. London: George Routledge & Sons.
- Tropic Moon. Tr. Gilbert, Stuart. New York: Harcourt Brace &