Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of February 13th
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It is the 44th day of the year, leaving 321 days remaining in 2022.
Simenon, who wrote in French, was the author of more than 500 novels, as well as numerous short stories. His works have been translated the most into other languages.
He was productive early. He started working at 15 at the Gazette de Liège, a newspaper in his hometown. He covered simple human-interest stories, but soon branched out to the crime beat. Within a few years, he also was writing for the French newspaper, Le Matin, and moved to Paris.
His first novel was published under a pen name, G. Sim. While writing hundreds of newspaper articles, he penned 80 to 100 pages a day, publishing 350 pulp mystery novels and similar seedy detective stories under more than a dozen pseudonyms. Indeed, the first novel he wrote under his own name was The Strange Case of Peter the Lett, in 1929.
His work included more than disreputable, sordid crime fiction. In Peter the Lett, he introduced the Parisian detective Jules Maigret, whom he portrayed as a quiet, compassionate policeman. Maigret appeared in some 80 novels Simenon wrote, including The Yellow Dog, The Madman of Bergerac, and Maigret's Christmas. He has become one of the best known fictional detectives.
Simenon's books, especially those featuring Maigret, have been made into 171 television shows and movies.
Simenon died in 1989 in Switzerland.
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