Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon (Liege, Belgium, 1903 - Lausanne, Switzerland, 1989) wrote one hundred ninety-one novels to his name, and an unknown number of novels and stories published under pseudonyms, plus memoirs and dictated texts. The commissioner Maigret is the protagonist of seventy-two of these novels and thirty-one stories, all published between 1931 and 1972. Celebrated throughout the world, and recognized as a teacher, no one doubts that today is one of the greatest writers the twentieth century. In this editorial they have appeared Cat (Cliff, 2012), Pietr, the Latvian (Cliff, 2012), El Canelo dog (Cliff, 2012), The Canal House (Cliff, 2012), The neighbors across the street (Cliff, 2013 ) the sisters Lacroix (Cliff, 2013), Maigret in the domains coroner (Cliff, 2013), the snow was dirty (Cliff, 2014) and the circle of Mahé (2014).