Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 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. Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life. 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) have been made in Great Britain. During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)). Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981). In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award. In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
Series
Books
Jeumont, 51 Minutes Wait - a Maigret Short Story
1938
Le finestre di fronte
1933
Maigret's Pipe
1945
Pedigree
1948
Maigret Hesitates
1968
The Negro
1957
Maigret Among the Rich
1978
The Door
1962
The Rules of the Game
1955
Maigret on the Defensive
1964
Maigret Sets a Trap
1955
Maigret and the Man on the Bench
1953
The Man from Everywhere
1932
Les Suicidés
1933
The Group at the Grand Café - a Maigret Short Story
1938
Maigret and the Bum
1963
The Venice train
1965
Betty
1960
Senza via di scampo
1938
Maigret's Holiday
1947
Barrio negro. Novela. Traducción de J. Gómez del Castillo.
1935
Belle
1952
When I Was Old
1970
Three Crimes
1938
Maigret Loses His Temper
1963
Georges Simenon
Maigret Novels, Ten
1978
La Marie del porto
1938
The Prison
1968
The Drowned Men's Inn - a Maigret Short Story
1938
L'angioletto
1964
The Bells of Bicetre
1963
I clienti di Avrenos
1935
Félicie
1748
Maigret and the Headless Corpse
1955
Le persiane verdi
1950
The Family Lie
1960
The Engagement
1933
Maigret Gets Angry
1947
Maigret in Vichy
1968
The Flemish House
1932
Il fondo della bottiglia
1949
The Reckoning
1967
Lost Moorings
1946
Maigret's Failure
1956
Il signor Cardinaud
1942
Maigret Bides His Time
1965
Maigret and the Gangsters
1951
The Hand
1968
Death of a Nobody - a Maigret Short Story
1946
Delitto impunito
1954
La camera azzurra
1964
I fantasmi del cappellaio
1948
Four days in a lifetime
1949
Tropic Moon
1933
I superstiti del Télémaque
1965
Cécile is Dead
1942
Maigret and the Millionaires
1957
Maigret Has Scruples
1958
Maigret and the Apparition
1964
A Crime in Holland
1931
L'énigme de la Marie-Galante
2003
The Two-Penny Bar
1931
The Saint-Fiacre Affair
1932
Death Threats and Other Stories
2021
Maigret at the Crossroads
1963
The Mahé Circle
1946
Maigret in Montmartre
1950
Maigret's Boyhood Friend
1968
The Judge's House
1940
Maigret's Dead Man
1947
Poisoned Relations
1938
Striptease
1961
The Shadow Puppet
1932
Pietr the Latvian
1931
The Friend of Madame Maigret
1952
Maigret Goes to School
1954
Memorie intime
1981
The Magician
1963
De voortvluchtige
1936
Les Nouvelles Enquêtes de Maigret
2014
Maigret's Christmas
1976
The Late Monsieur Gallet
1931
La finestra dei Rouet
1942
Il sospettato
1938
Long Exile
1935
My Friend Maigret
1949
La fattoria del Coup de Vague
1938
Le memorie di Maigret
1950
Maigret et la jeune morte
1942
LE VOYAGEUR DE LA TOUSSAINT
1941
African Trio
1979
Liberty Bar
1932
Il primogenito dei Ferchaux
1945
A Man's Head
1931
Maigret Afraid
1953
The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet
1950
The Widower
1959
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1938
Maigret and the Old People
1960
Le signorine di Concarneau
1936
Sunday
1958
Lock No. 1
1933
La ballerina del Gai-Moulin
1931
The Glass Cage
1971
Il pensionante
1934
Maigret and the Killer
1969
November
1970
Maigret
1934
I complici
1955
Red Lights
1953
Maigret and the Idle Burglar
1961
The Madman of Bergerac
1932
Danger at Sea
1932
Maigret Has Doubts
1959
The Old Man Dies
1966
Maigret et la Vieille Dame
1950
The Grand Banks Café
1931
Un nouveau dans la ville
1949
Pioggia nera
1941
The Yellow Dog
1931
I Pitard
1949
Maigret si diverte
1957
Les 13 mystères
1958
Aunt Jeanne
1972
Il piccolo libraio di Archangelsk
1956
La maison du canal
1933
Inspector Cadaver
1943
Maigret's Mistake
1953
Night at the Crossroads
1931
O Tempo de Anaïs
1951
The Carter of "La Providence"
1931
Un Noël de Maigret
1951
A Maigret Christmas
And Other Stories
1951
The delivery
1981
Tre camere a Manhattan
1946
The Lover of Mrs. Maigret
1939
A Maigret Trio
Maigret's Failure, Maigret in Society, Maigret and the Lazy Burglar
1940
La casa dei Krull
1939
The Short Cases of Inspector Maigret
1959
The Widow
1942
Maigret's Revolver
1952
Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In
1969
The People Opposite
2022
The Mouse
1938
Maigret and the Nahour Case
1966
Maigret and the Calame Report
1954
La Première Enquête de Maigret
1948
Dirty Snow
1948
Maigret Et les Témoins Récalcitrants
1955
Murder
Maigret and the Pickpocket, Maigret and the Toy Village, Maigret's Rival, Maigret in Vichy
1996
Turista da banane
1938
The Strangers in the House
1940
The Man With the Little Dog
1964
Maigret and the Madwoman
1970
Sept Petites Croix Dans un Carnet
1951
L'assassino
1937
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien
2025
La verità su Bébé Donge
1942
The Outlaw
1938
Il destino dei Malou
1947
Reader's Digest Great Detective Stories
1998
The Cellars of the Majestic
1942
Maigret Takes a Room
1951
At the Etoile du Nord - a Maigret Short Story
1938
The Brothers Rico
1954
Il gatto
1967
Maigret Travels South
1940
In caso di disgrazia
1956
Signed, Picpus
1944
Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse
1962
The Misty Harbour
1931
The Train
1961
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien
1931
Maigret and the Loner
1971
Maigret and the Informer
1971
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
1951
Donadieu's Will
1937
The Carter of 'La Providence'
1931
Maigret à New York
1946
Maigret's Pickpocket
1967
Faubourg
1968
Maigret and the Wine Merchant
1970
L'orologiaio di Everton
1954
The Rich Man
1970
Act of Passion
1946
Maigret and the Saturday Caller
1962
The Nightclub
1977
The Man from London
1934
Il commissario Maigret
Il porto delle nebbie - Il pazzo di Bergerac - Il caso Saint-Fiacre - Il nipote ingenuo
1989
Maigret and Monsieur Charles
1972
Monsieur Monde Vanishes
1945
A New Lease On Life
1951
Marie la strabica
1952
Il Presidente
1958
The 13 Culprits
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