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Pietr il Lettone « C.I.P.C. a Sûreté Parigi « Xvzust Cracovia vimontra m ghks triv psot uv Pietr il Lettone Brema vs tyz btolem». Il commissario Maigret, della 1a Squadra mobile, alzò la testa ed ebbe l’impressione che il brontolio della stufa di ghisa posta al centro dell’ufficio e collegata al soffitto da un grosso tubo nero si stesse affievolendo. Il cavallante della «Providence» La ricostruzione pur minuziosa dei fatti non chiariva nulla, se non che la scoperta dei due cavallanti di Dizy era a dir poco inverosimile. Quella domenica – era il 4 aprile –, alle tre del pomeriggio aveva cominciato a cadere una pioggia torrenziale. Il defunto signor Gallet Il primo contatto fra il commissario Maigret e il morto, con il quale avrebbe poi vissuto per settimane in una sconcertante intimità, avvenne il 27 giugno 1930 in circostanze banali, penose e indimenticabili al tempo stesso. L’impiccato di Saint-Pholien Nessuno si accorse di quello che succedeva. Nessuno sospettò che nella sala d’attesa della stazioncina ferroviaria, dove tra l’odore di caffè, birra e limonata solo sei passeggeri aspettavano il treno con aria abbattuta, si stesse svolgendo un dramma. Una testa in gioco Quando in lontananza una campana suonò le due, il prigioniero era seduto sul letto, con le grosse mani nodose avvinghiate alle ginocchia.
Author
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.
