Georges simenon biography

BORN: 1903, Liège, Belgium

DIED: 1989, Lausanne, Switzerland

NATIONALITY: Belgian, French

GENRE: Fiction

MAJOR WORKS:
Intimate Memoirs (1984)
Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine (1990)

Overview

With over five hundred titles to his credit and translations of his work into more than forty languages, Belgian novelist Georges Simenon, who wrote in French, is probably best known for his series of detective novels featuring French police inspector Jules Maigret.

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Through this protagonist, Simenon introduced to detective fiction the exploration of character as the primary means for solving a crime. Simenon's non-Maigret novels, also highly regarded, feature characters who are compelled to commit crimes due to some kind of psychological crisis.

The detail of atmosphere his writing possesses sets him apart from his European contemporaries.

Works in Biographical and Historical Context

Early Callings Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, on Febru