Georges Simenon

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Georges Simenon

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born
in Lüttich, Belgium
February 13, 1903

died
September 04, 1989

gender
male

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About this author

Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.

He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93)...more


Average rating: 3.73 · 17,553 ratings · 1,993 reviews · 458 distinct works · Similar authors
The Man Who Watched Trains ...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 909 ratings — published 1936 — 23 editions
Dirty Snow
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 688 ratings — published 1951 — 17 editions
The Yellow Dog
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1931 — 37 editions
Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1946 — 15 editions
The Strangers in the House
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 1951 — 9 editions
Maigret and the Madwoman
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1970 — 17 editions
The Hotel Majestic
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1942 — 21 editions
Maigret Sets A Trap
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1955 — 25 editions
Red Lights
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1953 — 10 editions
Maigret and the Killer
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1954 — 19 editions
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Maigret (75 books)
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3.6949854172546805 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 10,629 ratings
“Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.”
Georges Simenon

“It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made. ”
Georges Simenon

“The place smelled of fairgrounds, of lazy crowds, of nights when you stayed out because you couldn't go to bed, and it smelled like New York, of its calm and brutal indifference.”
Georges Simenon

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