Georges Simenon
"Simenon" redirects here. For other uses, see Simenon (disambiguation). Georges Simenon 1963 Born Georges Simenon (1903-02-13)13 February 1903 Liège, Belgium Died 4 September 1989(1989-09-04) (aged 86) Lausanne, Switzerland Occupation Novelist Notable awards Académie royale de Belgique (1952) Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ ]; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) 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.