About

Known credits:
125
Birthday:
1903-02-13
Place of birth:
Liège, Belgium
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Georges Simenon

Overview

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.

Simenon was born at 26 rue Léopold (now number 24) in Liège to Désiré Simenon and his wife Henriette Brüll. Désiré Simenon worked in an accounting office at an insurance company and had married Henriette in April 1902. Although Simenon was born on Friday 13 February 1903, superstition resulted in his birth being registered as having been on the 12th. This story of his birth is recounted at the beginning of his novel Pedigree.

The Simenon family traces its origins back to Belgian Limburg. Simenon could trace his line back to peasants living in the area since as early as 1580. His mother had origins from Limburg, the Netherlands and Germany while his father was of Walloon origin. One of his mother's most notorious ancestors was Gabriel Brühl, a criminal who preyed on Limburg from the 1720s until he was hanged in 1743. Later, Simenon would use Brühl as one of his many pen names.

In April 1905, two years after Simenon's birth, the family moved to 3 rue Pasteur (now 25 rue Georges Simenon) in Liège's Outremeuse neighbourhood. Simenon's brother Christian was born in September 1906 and eventually became their mother's favourite child, much to Simenon's chagrin. Later, in February 1911, the Simenons moved to 53 rue de la Loi, also in the Outremeuse. In this larger home, the Simenons were able to take in lodgers. Typical among them were apprentices and students of various nationalities, giving the young Simenon an important introduction to the wider world; this marked his novels, notably Pedigree and Le Locataire.

At the age of three, Simenon learned to read at the Saint-Julienne nursery school. Then, between 1908 and 1914, he attended the Institut Saint-André. In September 1914, shortly after the beginning of the First World War, he began his studies at the Collège Saint-Louis, a Jesuit high school.

In February 1917, the Simenon family moved to a former post office building in the Amercoeur neighbourhood. June 1919 saw another move, this time to the rue de l'Enseignement, again back in the Outremeuse neighbourhood.

Using his father's heart condition as a pretext, Simenon decided to put an end to his studies in June 1918, not even taking the Collège Saint-Louis' year-end exams. He subsequently worked a number of very short-term odd jobs.

In January 1919, the 15-year-old Simenon took a job at the Gazette de Liège, a newspaper edited by Joseph Demarteau. While Simenon's own beat only covered unimportant human interest stories, it afforded him an opportunity to explore the seamier side of the city, including politics, bars, and cheap hotels but also crime, police investigations and lectures on police technique by the criminologist Edmond Locard. Simenon's experience at the Gazette also taught him the art of quick editing. He wrote more than 150 articles under the pen name "G. Sim." He began submitting stories to Le Matin in the early 1920s. ...

Source: Article "Georges Simenon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
2000 Federico Fellini's Autobiography Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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Writing
2022 The Green Shutters Writing Novel 58
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2022 Maigret Writing Novel 58
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2017 Maigret in Montmartre Writing Writer N/A
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2017 Maigret in Montmartre Writing Novel 64
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2017 Maigret's Night at the Crossroads Writing Novel 61
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2016 Maigret's Dead Man Writing Writer N/A
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2016 Maigret's Dead Man Writing Writers' Assistant 59
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2016 Maigret's Dead Man Writing Novel 61
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2016 Maigret's Dead Man Writing Novel 61
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2016 梅格雷的陷阱 Writing Writer 58
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2016 Maigret Sets a Trap Writing Novel 63
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2015 The Death of Auguste Writing Novel 59
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2015 The Iron Stairs Writing Novel 59
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2015 The Black Ball Writing Novel 58
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2014 The Blue Room Writing Novel 59
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2012 Madrid, 1987 Writing Dialogue 59
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2009 Jusqu'à l'enfer Writing Novel 59
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2009 In case of Bad Luck Writing Novel 59
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2007 Monsieur Joseph Writing Novel 58
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2007 Die Katze Writing Novel 59
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2007 The Man from London Writing Novel 60
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2006 La Californie Writing Novel 58
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2004 La Fuite de monsieur Monde Writing Novel N/A
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2004 L'ombra cinese Writing Novel 58
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2004 La trappola di Maigret Writing Novel 59
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2004 Red Lights Writing Novel 58
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2003 The House by the Canal Writing Novel 59
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2002 The Blue Room Writing Novel 58
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2001 L'Aîné des Ferchaux Writing Novel 59
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2001 L'Aîné des Ferchaux Writing Novel 70
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1998 In All Innocence Writing Novel 59
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1997 Tangier Cop Writing Novel 59
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1997 Stranger in the House Writing Novel 59
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1996 Les clients d'Avrenos Writing Novel N/A
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1995 El pasajero clandestino Writing Novel 58
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1994 The Teddy Bear Writing Novel 58
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1992 The Price of Head Writing Novel 58
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1992 Stranger in the House Writing Novel 59
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1992 Betty Writing Novel 59
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1992 Maigret Writing Novel 69
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1991 Maigret Writing Book 70
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1991 Seven Days After the Murder Writing Novel 58
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1989 Monsieur Hire Writing Novel 61
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1988 Maigret Writing Novel N/A
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1987 Maigret is with the Minister Writing Novel 69
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1983 Equator Writing Novel 58
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1983 Vzpurní svědkové Writing Novel N/A
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1983 Семь крестиков в записной книжке Writing Story 59
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1982 Maigret Hesitates Writing Novel 58
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1982 The Hatter's Ghost Writing Novel 59
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1982 The North Star Writing Novel 59
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1981 Maigret and the Man on the Bench Writing Novel 58
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1979 Der Mörder Writing Novel 59
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1977 Les Anneaux de Bicêtre Writing Novel 59
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1974 Мегрэ и старая дама Writing Novel 59
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1974 The Watchmaker of St. Paul Writing Novel 60
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1973 The Last Train Writing Novel 59
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1973 Maigret and the Man on the Bench Writing Novel 59
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1972 Youth on Fire Writing Novel N/A
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1972 The Family Rico Writing Novel 59
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1971 Der Mann aus London Writing Novel N/A
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1971 The Widow Couderc Writing Novel 60
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1971 The Cat Writing Novel 61
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1971 Obavy komisaře Maigreta Writing Novel 59
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1970 Сесиль умерла Writing Novel N/A
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1969 The Resurrection of the Beast Writing Novel N/A
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1968 Hotel Majestic Writing Novel N/A
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1968 Les Dossiers de l'Agence O Writing Novel 70
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1967 The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret Writing Novel 71
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1967 Cop-Out Writing Novel 58
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1966 Maigret at the Pigalle Writing Story 59
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1966 Enter Inspector Maigret Writing Novel 59
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1965 Three Rooms in Manhattan Writing Novel 59
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1964 Un'ombra su Maigret Writing Novel 58
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1964 Le inchieste del commissario Maigret Writing Novel 71
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1964 Maigret Writing Novel 70
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1963 Magnet of Doom Writing Novel 59
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1963 Maigret Sees Red Writing Novel 59
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1963 The Saint-Fiacre Affair Writing Novel N/A
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1962 Emile's Boat Writing Novel 59
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1961 The Passion of Slow Fire Writing Novel 59
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1961 The President Writing Novel 60
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1960 Maigret Writing Novel 69
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1960 The Baron of the Locks Writing Novel 59
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1959 Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case Writing Novel 60
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1958 Love is My Profession Writing Novel 59
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1958 The Stowaway Writing Novel 58
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1958 その手にのるな Writing Novel N/A
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1958 Maigret Sets a Trap Writing Novel 60
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1957 The Brothers Rico Writing Novel 59
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1957 Sette piccole croci Writing Novel N/A
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1956 Blood to the Head Writing Novel 59
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1956 The Bottom of the Bottle Writing Novel 59
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1956 Maigret Leads the Investigation Writing Novel N/A
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1955 A Life in the Balance Writing Novel 59
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1954 Stain on the Snow Writing Novel 58
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1952 The Man Who Watched Trains Go By Writing Novel 58
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1952 Full House Writing Novel 59
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1952 Forbidden Fruit Writing Writer 59
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1952 The Truth About Bebe Donge Writing Novel 59
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1950 Midnight Episode Writing Novel N/A
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1950 Marie of the Port Writing Novel 58
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1949 The Man on the Eiffel Tower Writing Novel 58
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1947 Last Refuge Writing Novel 59
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1947 Barrio Writing Novel 59
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1947 Temptation Harbour Writing Novel 58
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1947 Panic Writing Novel 61
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1945 Majestic Hotel Cellars Writing Novel 58
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1944 Cecile Is Dead Writing Novel 58
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1943 The London Man Writing Novel 59
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1943 Le Voyageur de la Toussaint Writing Novel 59
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1943 Picpus Writing Novel 58
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1942 Midnight in Paris Writing Novel 59
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1942 Strangers in the House Writing Novel 59
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1942 Annette and the Blonde Woman Writing Novel 59
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1942 The House of the Seven Maidens Writing Novel 58
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1933 A Man's Neck Writing Novel 58
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1932 The Yellow Dog Writing Screenplay N/A
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1932 The Yellow Dog Writing Novel N/A
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1932 Night at the Crossroads Writing Novel 59
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The Stain on the Snow Writing Novel N/A
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Belle Writing Novel N/A
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Maigret Writing Novel N/A
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Crew
2016 Maigret's Dead Man Crew Creator 59
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