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2003
- The Georges Simenon Year>
2003,
declared Georges Simenon year in the French-speaking part of Belgium, will
see many special events taking place from April until the end of the year.
Belgian
and French television will broadcast many documentaries and interviews
of the author, besides a series of films based on his works.
We
have reviewed a small pocketbook, a handy essay by David Carter, recently
published in the UK in 2003, which will certainly be of help to those
who are not very familiar with Simenon’s work.
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The Man Who wasn't Maigret -
A Portrait of Georges Simenon by Patrick Marnham Interesting introduction to the complexity of Simenon's life and its influence on his works. Not a literary essay about his work, but a solid documented account about Simenon's itinerary Cover drawing by Simenon's first wife, Tigy, in 1927 |
RECOMMENDED READINGS ABOUT SIMENON'S WORK |
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L'Univers de Simenon by Maurice Piron/ France -1983
One of the best essays about the work of Simenon giving details about ALL his novels - highly recommended Index des Personnages Personnages de Georges Simenon (Index of the
Characters in Simenon's Work) by Michel Lemoine / Belgium -1985
Liège dans l'oeuvre de Simenon (Liège in Simenon's
Work)
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SIMENON INTERVIEWED, ON VIDEO DOCUMENTS |
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There was a few series of long filmed interviews of Simenon made by
French and Belgian TV; very interesting documents in which Simenon speaks
in detail about his way for organizing his writing, and other topics. In
French.
The French Speaking Belgian Community holds VHS tape copies, in its
rental section of the Brussels' "Mediatheque", of more recent documentaries
Interesting new Mediatheque's web pages about Belgian writers, including Simenon. In French only |
GEORGES SIMENON'S BOOKS |
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French pocketbook -1997 edition of :
La Colère de Maigret- 1963 (Maigret Looses his Temper) |
USA edition of 'Maigret in Holland'
aka 'A Crime in Holland' (reissue of the 1931 novel- 1993) |
'Pedigree' - autobiographic novel |
SIMENON ON THE SCREEN | |
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La Neige Etait Sale (The Stain on the Snow)
French film (1953) by Luis Saslavsky based on Simenon's top novel- The central character is impersonated by the French actor Daniel Gelin (standing) in a superb performance |
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Simenon with some actors that impersonated Maigret
In Europe, many films and TV serials featured Maigret's investigations |
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