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Georges Simenon

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon était un écrivain belge. Auteur prolifique, il a publié près de 200 romans et de nombreuses nouvelles. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé le roman policier Maigret.

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.1

Photo of Georges Simenon
Photo of Georges Simenon

Belgian writer (1903–1986)

Born February 13, 1903
Died September 4, 1989

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Photo of Georges Simenon
Photo of Georges Simenon

Belgian writer (1903–1986)

Born February 13, 1903
Died September 4, 1989

Subjects

Fiction Maigret, jules (fictitious character), fiction Police Paris (france), fiction Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural Jules Maigret (Fictitious character) France, fiction Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) French Detective and mystery stories Fiction, mystery & detective, general French fiction Romance literature Translations into English Kriminalfall Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories, French Belgian Novelists Biography Französisch Novelists, Belgian French Novelists Diaries Fiction, general Large type books Translations into Russian

Places

France Paris Paris (France) Belgium London Africa Arizona Baker Street Israel Liège Montmartre Montmartre (Paris, France) Netherlands Riviera Amsterdam Australia Ballarat Boscombe Pool Boscombe Valley Brüssel Central Africa Central Market Europe Galapagos Islands Groningen

People

Jules Maigret (Fictitious character) Georges Simenon (1903-1989) Georges Simenon (1903-) Jules (Fictitious character) Maigret John H. Watson Sherlock Holmes A. Andrae Maigret André Gide (1869-1951) Archie C. Auguste Dupin Duncan Ross Georges Simenon Jabez Wilson James Bond John Clay Jules Maigret Minister D— Mr. Merryweather Police Inspector Jones Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon Vincent Spaulding Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) Alice Turner André <1869-1951> - Correspondance Gide

Time

20th century 1890 1950s 20e siècle 1914-1940 1930's 1939-1945 1945-1970 1960s 1965 19th century 20è siècle Between the two world wars Mid-20th Century carnival s. XX

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Alternative names

  • Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
  • Georges SIMENON
  • George Simenon
  • Simenon
  • G. Simenon
  • Maigret Simenon
  • Simenon Georges
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  • GEORGES SIMENON
  • Simenon Georges.
  • Simenon, Georges Schriftsteller
  • Zh. Simenon
  • Geeorges Simenon
  • G Simenon
  • SIMENON
  • SIMENON GEORGES
  • simenon Georges
  • SIMENON,GEORGES
  • Simenon George
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  • Georges' 'Simenon
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  • SIMENON Georges
  • Georges (1903-1989) Simenon
  • georges simenon
  • Geroges Simenon
  • Georges (trans Daphne Woodward) Simenon
  • Georges; Adrienne Foulke (Translator) Simenon
  • Simenon, Georges, and Bernard Frechtman (transl)
  • Georges 1903- Simenon
  • Geoges Simenon
  • Simenon, Georges: Translated by Hamilton, Alastair
  • Simenon, Georges; Ryan, Nigel (trans.)
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