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  1. Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) 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 400 novels, 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over 500 million copies.

  2. Georges Simenon (born Feb. 13, 1903, Liège, Belg.—died Sept. 4, 1989, Lausanne, Switz.) was a Belgian-French novelist whose prolific output surpassed that of any of his contemporaries and who was perhaps the most widely published author of the 20th century.

  3. Oct 3, 2011 · Simenon was born in 1903 in Liège, the main economic and cultural center of French-speaking Belgium. In his highly autobiographical coming-of-age novel “Pedigree” (1948), he...

  4. Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer, most famous for his fictional detective Jules Maigret. He was one of the most popular authors of the 20th century, selling over 500 million copies of his works during his lifetime. [1]

  5. Apr 26, 2019 · One of the world’s most successful crime writers, Georges Simenon has thrilled mystery lovers since 1931 with his Inspector Maigret series. Best known for smoking his pipe, Maigret’s detective style is a mix of intuition with method, often accompanied by a neat tipple.

  6. Georges Simenon, better known as the creator of the famous detective, Jules Malgret, was a Belgian writer who has published over 200 novels and many other short works making him one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century.

  7. Georges Simenon was prolific in everything in life. He wrote over 350 books, boasted of 10,000 lovers and lived in 33 different homes, beginning in Liège, Belgium, where he was born and ending in Lausanne on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1989.

  8. Feb 20, 2015 · Georges Simenon (1903-89) had, at the very least, two identities. One was the Belgian altar boy who quickly made the transition from failed pastry chef to legendary cub reporter for the Gazette...

  9. Feb 13, 2024 · Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was a Belgian writer known primarily for his detective fiction, particularly his creation of the iconic fictional character, Inspector Jules Maigret. Today (13 February) marks the birth in 1903 of Georges Simenon, one of the most popular authors of the 20th century.

  10. Georges Simenon was born in Liège, Belgium, in 1903. He is best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe.