Georges Simenon

Simenon was a Belgian novelist who created the Maigret series and wrote hundreds of novels under his own name and pseudonyms. His psychological novels explore people facing crises that unsettle their lives.

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Échandens · 1963

In a 1963 conversation, Simenon described several ways of writing a novel. This calendar follows one method: drafting by hand in the afternoon and retyping the next morning. It belongs to his Échandens period and should not be read as his method for every book.