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Georges Simenon

1903 - 1989

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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most prolific and successful authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 novels (including 192 under his own name), 21 volumes of memoirs and many short stories, selling over 500 million copies. Apart from his detective fiction, he achieved critical acclaim for his literary novels, which he called romans durs (hard novels). Among his literary admirers were Max Jacob, François Mauriac and André Gide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Simenon is the 193rd most popular writer (down from 160th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Writer.

Georges Simenon is most famous for his detective novels.

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Among writers, Georges Simenon ranks 193 out of 7,302. Before him are Lope de Vega, John Steinbeck, Adam Mickiewicz, Sigrid Undset, Halldór Laxness, and Petronius. After him are Tove Jansson, Fuzûlî, Johannes V. Jensen, Menander, François-René de Chateaubriand, and Orhan Pamuk.

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Among people born in 1903, Georges Simenon ranks 6. Before him are George Orwell, Olav V of Norway, John von Neumann, Konrad Lorenz, and Aram Khachaturian. After him are Theodor W. Adorno, George Beadle, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, C. F. Powell, Adolf Butenandt, and Habib Bourguiba. Among people deceased in 1989, Georges Simenon ranks 10. Before him are Ferdinand Marcos, Ruhollah Khomeini, Herbert von Karajan, Samuel Beckett, Konrad Lorenz, and Ted Bundy. After him are Sergio Leone, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Andrei Sakharov, George Beadle, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Elena Ceaușescu.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Georges Simenon ranks 22 out of 1,190. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Orlande de Lassus (1534), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Frans Hals (1582), and Mary of Burgundy (1457). After him are Auguste Beernaert (1829), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Albert II of Belgium (1934), Philippe of Belgium (1960), Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), and Eddy Merckx (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Georges Simenon ranks 2. Before him are Maurice Maeterlinck (1862). After him are Julio Cortázar (1914), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Marguerite Porete (1250), Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Georges Rodenbach (1855), and Victor Serge (1890).

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