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Georges Simenon
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Born | Georges Simenon 13 February 1903 Liège, Belgium |
Died | 4 September 1989 Lausanne, Switzerland |
(aged 86)
Pen name | "G. Sim" |
Occupation | Novelist |
Notable awards | Académie royale de Belgique (1952) |
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon ( 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 200 novels and many short works. Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
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Maigret statue in Delfzijl, Netherlands
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