Georges Simenon was a novelist from Liège. He wrote a very large number of books, and the inspector Maigret is the character readers still walk with. Photographs cover a long writing life, in Belgium and later in Switzerland. He died in Lausanne in 1989.
Fotografie
Joost Evers / Anefo · CC0
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Gând
A sample thought. Someone who was taught, or helped, would leave a few lines here.
Nora
Poveste
Sunday at the table
This is a sample story. A son would write about Sunday, the extra chair, and the way Georges Simenon kept a place for whoever arrived.
Jon
Fotografie
Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo · CC0
Fotografie
Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo · CC0
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Nora
Lumânare
A sample candle, lit for one day.
Sofia
Videoclipuri
A piece played at home
A sample film for Georges Simenon. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Georges Simenon.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in Liège
Georges Simenon was born in Liège.
Cronologie
Maigret
The first Maigret novel, Pietr the Latvian, introduced the inspector who would fill so many later books.
Cronologie
Died in Lausanne
He died in Lausanne.
Întâlnire
A reading at home
A sample gathering for Georges Simenon. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1903
1931
1989