Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Georges Simenon was born at 26 rue Léopold in Liège to Désiré Simenon and his wife Henriette. Désiré Simenon worked in an accounting office at an insurance company and had married Henriette in April 1902. Although Georges Simenon was born on 13 February 1903 superstition resulted in his birth being registered as having been on the 12th. This story of his... birth is recounted at the beginning of his novel Pedigree. The Simenon family traces its origins back to the Limburg region, his mother's family being from Dutch Limburg. One of her more notorious ancestors was Gabriel Brühl, a criminal who preyed on Limburg from the 1720s until he was hanged in 1743. Later, Simenon would use Brühl as one of his many pen names. In April 1905, two years after Georges Simenon's birth, the family moved to 3 rue Pasteur in Liège's Outremeuse neighborhood.
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| Birthdate: | February 12, 1903 |
| Birthplace: | Liège |
| Date of death: | September 4, 1989 |
| Also known as: | Georges Joseph Christian Simenon, Simenon, Georges, George Simenon |