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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon, Жорж Жозеф Кристиан Сименон, Жорж Сименон, Georges Siménon
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1903-02-13
- event Death Date 1989-09-04
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 3.8
- info Birth Place Liège, Belgium
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Georges Simenon
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Federico Fellini's Autobiography
2000-09-05
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Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
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Cinépanorama
1956-02-04
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Apostrophes
1975-01-10
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Treffpunkte
1970-05-26
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The Man from London
2007-05-23
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Red Lights
2004-03-03
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Maigret Sets a Trap
1958-01-29
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Monsieur Hire
1989-05-24
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949-12-12
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In All Innocence
1998-10-06
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Magnet of Doom
1963-09-25
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The Hatter's Ghost
1982-05-26
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Maigret Sees Red
1963-09-18
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Temptation Harbour
1947-02-27
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Forbidden Fruit
1952-09-19
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La Fuite de monsieur Monde
2004-12-23
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The Watchmaker of St. Paul
1974-01-16
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Hotel Majestic
1968-04-08
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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1952-12-01
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Maigret at the Pigalle
1966-12-30
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The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952-02-13
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Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
1943-04-08
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The President
1961-03-01
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The Stowaway
1958-03-21
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Obavy komisaře Maigreta
1971-01-27
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Maigret
2022-02-23
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The House by the Canal
2003-02-13
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Stranger in the House
1997-01-01
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The Resurrection of the Beast
1969-12-06
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その手にのるな
1958-02-16
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Stranger in the House
1992-10-03
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The Green Shutters
2022-08-24
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Sette piccole croci
1957-05-26
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Madrid, 1987
2012-04-13
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Marie of the Port
1950-02-27
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Strangers in the House
1942-05-16
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The Stain on the Snow
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The Widow Couderc
1971-09-15
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Die Katze
2007-10-03
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Annette and the Blonde Woman
1942-03-16
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El pasajero clandestino
1995-01-01
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The Saint-Fiacre Affair
1963-01-01
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Vzpurní svědkové
1983-07-31
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Cecile Is Dead
1944-03-08
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Betty
1992-02-19
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Les clients d'Avrenos
1996-09-20
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Belle
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The Bottom of the Bottle
1956-02-01
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Three Rooms in Manhattan
1965-11-10
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Youth on Fire
1972-11-06
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The Blue Room
2014-05-16
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The Last Train
1973-10-31
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Les Anneaux de Bicêtre
1977-01-05
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The Passion of Slow Fire
1961-03-02
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A Life in the Balance
1955-07-01
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Seven Days After the Murder
1991-01-03
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L'Aîné des Ferchaux
2001-09-17
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The Brothers Rico
1957-09-01
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La boule noire
2015-02-05
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In case of Bad Luck
2009-05-13
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La Mort d'Auguste
2015-12-15
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L'escalier de fer
2015-07-18
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Jusqu'à l'enfer
2009-12-04
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Monsieur Joseph
2007-12-15
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La trappola di Maigret
2004-11-15
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L'ombra cinese
2004-11-16
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The Teddy Bear
1994-08-10
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Panic
1947-01-15
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Enter Inspector Maigret
1966-11-25
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Der Mann aus London
1971-09-25
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The Cat
1971-04-24
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Cop-Out
1967-05-23
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Equator
1983-08-17
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The North Star
1982-03-31
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Der Mörder
1979-10-18
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The Price of Head
1992-10-15
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The Blue Room
2002-05-04
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La Californie
2006-05-26
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The Baron of the Locks
1960-04-13
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Stain on the Snow
1954-02-19
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959-09-02
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Emile's Boat
1962-03-03
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Maigret Leads the Investigation
1956-01-25
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Midnight Episode
1950-12-31
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Blood to the Head
1956-08-10
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Full House
1952-10-10
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The Yellow Dog
1932-07-01
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The Yellow Dog
1932-07-01
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Last Refuge
1947-08-26
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Un'ombra su Maigret
1964-12-27
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Majestic Hotel Cellars
1945-08-11
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A Man's Neck
1933-02-18
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The House of the Seven Maidens
1942-02-06
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The London Man
1943-06-09
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Picpus
1943-02-12
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Barrio
1947-03-02
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Maigret
1988-02-22
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Midnight in Paris
1942-10-14
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Night at the Crossroads
1932-04-18
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Сесиль умерла
1970-01-10
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Мегрэ и старая дама
1974-12-01
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench
1973-10-29
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Maigret Hesitates
1982-12-13
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Maigret and the Man on the Bench
1981-09-10
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Семь крестиков в записной книжке
1983-07-23
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The Family Rico
1972-09-13
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Love Is My Profession
1958-09-17
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Tangier Cop
1997-01-01
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Maigret
1991-12-01
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The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
1967-10-14
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Maigret
1964-10-23
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Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964-12-27
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Maigret
1960-10-31
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Maigret
2016-03-28
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Maigret
1992-02-09
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Maigret
1960-10-31
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Maigret is with the Minister
1987-06-13
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L'Aîné des Ferchaux
2001-09-17
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Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968-03-11
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Thirteen Against Fate
1966-06-19
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Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968-03-11
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Maigret
1960-10-31
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Maigret
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Der kleine Doktor
1974-04-07
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Maigret
1991-12-01
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The Investigations of Commissioner Maigret
1967-10-14
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Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1964-12-27
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Maigret
1964-10-23
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Maigret
1992-02-09