"Maigret (2016 TV series) Maigret is a British television series from ITV set in mid-1950s France. Its first episode aired on 28 March 2016, and the second on Christmas Day 2016, A second series (also of two episodes) aired in 2017. It is an adaptation of the books by Georges Simenon featuring his fictional French detective Jules Maigret, who is played by Rowan Atkinson. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The episodes were mainly filmed on location in Budapest and Szentendre, Hungary, which stand in for 1950s Paris. Rowan Atkinson, who plays Jules Maigret, is a big fan of the books, saying, ""I have been"
"Belgium. The first English translation, by Anthony Abbot, entitled ""The Crime of Inspector Maigret"", appeared in 1932, published by Covici, Friede in New York. In 1963 a translation by Tony White, ""Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets"", was published by Penguin Books, . A translation by Linda Coverdale, ""The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien"", appeared in 2014, published by Penguin Classics, . While in Brussels on police business, Maigret notices a scruffy man, who counts a large quantity of banknotes and posts them as ""Printed Matter"" to an address in Paris; intrigued, he follows the man by train via Amsterdam to Bremen"
"and Arturo Lopez enabled Mégret to pen ""Danaë, ""a ""roman à clef"" based on the pair. Christian Mégret Mégret Christian (11 November 1904, Vincennes – 1987), was a 20th-century French journalist and novelist, winner of the Prix Femina in 1957. Mégret Christian began his career as a colonial administrator in Togo, which inspired his first novel ""Anthropophages"" ('Cannibals') which appeared in 1934. He became a journalist at ""Jour"" in 1933 and then at ""Carrefour"" from 1945. He led a parallel career as a novelist, and in 1957 was awarded the Prix Femina for his work ""Le Carrefour des solitudes"". His"
"Christian Mégret Mégret Christian (11 November 1904, Vincennes – 1987), was a 20th-century French journalist and novelist, winner of the Prix Femina in 1957. Mégret Christian began his career as a colonial administrator in Togo, which inspired his first novel ""Anthropophages"" ('Cannibals') which appeared in 1934. He became a journalist at ""Jour"" in 1933 and then at ""Carrefour"" from 1945. He led a parallel career as a novelist, and in 1957 was awarded the Prix Femina for his work ""Le Carrefour des solitudes"". His lovers included Princess Ghislaine de Polignac, whose intimate knowledge of the relationship of Baron de Redé"
"""Villa des Roses"". In 2008 the novel ""Kaas"" (""Cheese"", 1933) and the novella ""Het dwaallicht"" (""Will o'the Wisp"", in ""Three Novels"", 1946) were made into graphic novels by Dick Matena. Willem Elsschot Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960), was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot (). A number of his works have been translated into English. De Ridder was born in Antwerp to a baker's family. He studied economics & business. During secondary school, he developed a love for literature. He was quite restless, having various types of jobs"
"/ Le plus grand Belge (""The Greatest Belgian"") in two separate television shows. In the Flemish version, he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version, he ended 10th place. Simenon's work has been widely adapted to cinema and television. He is credited on at least 171 productions. Notable films include: Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 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"
"on 27 October 1921, in Voorschoten. In 1931, Van Reest wrote his first novel, which was followed by a series of novels, such as ""De grote verwachting"" (""The great expectation"") and ""Het loon der genade"" (""Forgiveness' reward""), and also wrote histories and biographies. From 1933 to 1939 he lived in Baarn, and was editor-in-chief at the publishing firm of ""Oosterbaan en Le Cointre N.V."" During World War II he was active in the underground. After the liberation of The Netherlands in 1945, he was made a captain in the Military Authority at Utrecht with the assignment to eliminate the press"
"Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (also called ""Comte (Count) Maeterlinck"" from 1932; in Belgium, in France; 29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 ""in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings"
"W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham, CH ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s. After both his parents died before he was 10, Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family, Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a physician. The initial run of his first novel, ""Liza of Lambeth"" (1897),"
"most famous character invented by Simenon, Commissaire Maigret, made his first appearance in a piece in ""Detective"" written at Joseph Kessel's request. This first ever Maigret detective story was written while boating in The Netherlands, particularly in and around the Dutch town of Delfzijl. A statue of Maigret in Delfzijl is a perpetual reminder of this. 1932 saw Simenon travel extensively, sending back reports from Africa, eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Soviet Union. A trip around the world followed in 1934 and 1935. Between 1932 and 1936, Simenon, Tigy, and Boule lived at La Richardière, a 16th-century manor house in"
"""A Journal of Impressions in Belgium"" (1915). She followed this with three novels about the war, ""Tasker Jevons"" (1916), ""The Tree of Heaven"" (1917) and ""The Romantic"" (1920). Journalist Evadne Price wrote a semi-biographical novel """" (1930) about ambulance drivers based on women she had interviewed. W. Somerset Maugham's """" (1928), a collection of short stories, was based on the author's experience with British Intelligence during the war. It was loosely adapted into the film ""Secret Agent"" (1936), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and a 1991 BBC TV series. British novelist W.F. Morris wrote two mystery novels set in the Great"
"Cato, a Tragedy (1713), dedicating it to the then mayor of Amsterdam, Nicolaes Witsen. Hermanus Angelkot Jr. Hermanus or Hermannus Angelkot Jr. (bapt. 6 February 1688, Amsterdam – d. 1727) was an Amsterdam pharmacist who also wrote poems and plays. He was the son of Judith Muijsart and Hermanus Angelkot Sr. (ca. 1648 - ca. 1713), who also wrote plays and practised as a pharmacist. The sources often cite father and son interchangeably. Hermanus Jr. married Catharina te Naerde in Amsterdam before 1717. Angelkot Jr. was friendly with Pieter Langendijk who was the first to translate Molière into Dutch. Together"
"whose short story ""Bint"" (1931) and terse writing epitomise the style. An offshoot of the New Objectivity movement centered on the ""Forum"" magazine, which appeared in the years 1932–1935 and was edited by the leading Dutch literary critic Menno ter Braak (1902–1940) and the novelist Edgar du Perron (1899–1940). Writers associated at one point or other with this modernist magazine include Belgian writers Willem Elsschot and Marnix Gijsen and Dutch writers J. Slauerhoff, Simon Vestdijk and Jan Greshoff. The Second World War marked an abrupt change in the Dutch literary landscape. Casualties of the start of the German occupation included"
"murdered man, and who was at the Gai-Moulin at the same time. Inspector Delvigne does not know what to think when Maigret makes a surprising appearance on the scene. ""La Danseuse du Gai-Moulin"" was first published by Fayard in November 1931. Simenon, known to be a fast writer, is said to have penned the entire book in 25 hours. The first English edition (published simultaneously in the UK and the United States) was published by George Routledge and Sons in 1940 in a two book volume entitled Maigret Abroad (along with A Crime in Holland) with the title ""At the"
"Jules Maigret ' , simply ' or to most people, is a fictional French police detective, actually a or commissioner of the Paris (), created by writer . Seventy-six novels and twenty-eight short stories about Maigret were published between 1931 and 1972, starting with (""Peter the Lett"") and concluding with (""Maigret and Monsieur Charles""). The Maigret stories were also adapted for television and radio. An ambitious project by Penguin Books will see the publication of new translations of 75 books in ’s Maigret series over as many months beginning in November 2013, by translators David Bellos, Anthea Bell, and Ros"
"Rupert Davies Rupert Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of ""Maigret"", based on Georges Simenon's ""Maigret"" novels. Davies was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. After service in the British Merchant Navy he was a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. In 1940, the Swordfish aircraft in which he was flying ditched in the sea off the Dutch coast, following which Davies was captured and interned in the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp. He made three"
"Marcel Mariën Marcel Mariën (April 29, 1920 in Antwerp – September 19, 1993 in Brussels) was a Belgian surrealist (later Situationist), poet, essayist, photographer, collagist, filmmaker, and maker of objects. Mariën is one of the most intriguing and elusive figures in the Belgian wing of the Surrealist movement. He was not only an artist, but also a publisher, a bookseller, a sailor, a journalist in China and an elaborate Surrealist prankster. Marcel Mariën was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1920, a single child of a poor family. His mother wanted him to leave school as soon as possible so that"
"and Hogan. Davies is buried at Pistyll Cemetery, near Nefyn, Gwynedd, Wales. Rupert Davies Rupert Davies FRSA (22 May 191622 November 1976) was a British actor best remembered for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of ""Maigret"", based on Georges Simenon's ""Maigret"" novels. Davies was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. After service in the British Merchant Navy he was a Sub-Lieutenant Observer with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. In 1940, the Swordfish aircraft in which he was flying ditched in the sea off the Dutch coast, following which Davies was captured and interned"
"Axel"" to critical acclaim. Marie Nizet Marie Nizet (19 January 1859 – 15 March 1922), married name Marie Mercier, was a Belgian writer. Marie Nizet was born in Brussels into a literary family. She was a student at Isabelle Gatti de Gamond's secondary girls' school (""Cours d'Éducation pour jeunes filles""). Her father, employed at the Royal Library of Belgium, had published patriotic poetry and works on history and librarianship. Her brother Henri was to become a journalist and novelist. Nizet developed an interest in Romania, perhaps due to the influence of émigrés and students who lodged with the family. Her"
"Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 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 (now number 24) 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 Friday 13 February 1903 superstition resulted in his birth being registered as having"
"novel of 2013.[1][3] In November 2013, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut, an epic about World War I. His novel Camille won the CWA International Dagger in 2015. Camille Verhœven series Camille Verhœven series is an oeuvre of the crime genre by French author Pierre Lemaitre. The books initially written in French have been translated to English. The first three books in the series have been nominated to the shortlist in CWA International Dagger award and two have garnered the prestigious award. Pierre Lemaitre (born 19 April 1951 in Paris) is a"
"Marie Maugeret Marie Maugeret (1844-1928) was a French novelist and conservative Catholic who became a feminist and was active in promoting Christian feminism as an antidote to socialism. Marie Maugeret came from Le Mans, Sarthe. She was born in 1844, daughter of a doctor, and was given a conventional girl's education at an Ursuline convent. She inherited an income that allowed her to live comfortably without working. She published several novels, a book of ""Pensées"", and an attack on Martin Luther's Protestant movement, with a defense of Catholic orthodoxy as represented by the Jesuit Ignatius of Loyola. She founded the"
"""Les Lèvres Nues"", and directed his review ""Le Ciel Bleu"" with Christian Dotremont and Paul Colinet. He published the writings of such Belgian Surrealists as Paul Nougé, Louis Scutenaire and André Souris, as well as Magritte himself, in a series that eventually extended to hundreds of titles. In 1979, Marien published ""L'Activité Surréaliste en Belgique"", a chronological record of all the documents, manifestos, tracts and articles pertaining to the surrealist movement in Belgium that appeared between 1924 and 1950. Even as late as 1983, the appearance of his outrageously libelous autobiography in ""Le Radeau de la Mémoire"" was able to"
"Marie-Anne de Bovet Marie-Anne de Bovet (February 12, 1855 - ?) was a French writer. From 1893 to 1930, she published 35 novels, in addition to other works. She was born in Metz, France. She was the daughter of General Bovet. She married the Marquis de Bois-Hébert but she wrote under her maiden name. Her writing career began in 1889 by publishing travelogues. Her work appeared in several magazines and newspapers in French and English. She was bilingual. As early as 1888, Bovet frequented the salon of Juliette Adam. She wrote literary criticism in ""La Nouvelle Revue"", and traveled to"
"Maxwell Gray Mary Gleed Tuttiett (11 December 1846 – 21 September 1923), better known by the pen name Maxwell Gray, was an English novelist and poet best known for her 1886 novel ""The Silence of Dean Maitland"". Tuttiett was born and brought up in Newport, Isle of Wight, the daughter of the surgeon Frank Bampfylde Tuttiett and his wife Elizabeth née Gleed. Largely self-educated, in early adulthood she visited London, various other parts of England, and Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland; but for the majority of her working life as a writer suffered constant debilitating illness from asthma and rheumatism —reports described"
"Camille Lemonnier Antoine Louis Camille Lemonnier (24 March 1844 – 13 June 1913) was a Belgian writer, poet and journalist. He was a member of the Symbolist ""La Jeune Belgique"" group, but his best known works are realist. His first work was ""Salon de Bruxelles"" (1863), a collection of art criticism. His best known novel is ""Un Mâle"" (1881). Lemonnier was born in Ixelles, Brussels. He studied law, and then took a clerkship in a government office, which he resigned after three years. Lemonnier inherited Flemish blood from both parents, and with it the animal force and pictorial energy of"
"from Rome to Sao Paulo. ""De Meridiaan"", later published as De kunst-meridiaan, was a Flemish literary magazine that published bimonthly in Belgium and the Netherlands from 1951 until 1960. It was founded by Belgian artist Maurice Wyckaert, poet Clara Haesaert and her husband Gentil Haesaert. De Meridiaan was the main competitor of ""Tijd en Mens"", another literary magazine. Because of its success the magazine evolved from a basic regional magazine to a well-known international art magazine. In 1955 De Meridiaan founded ""Galerie Taptoe"", an artistic centrum, exhibition room and literary café in Brussels. Maurice Wyckaert Maurice Wyckaert (1923–1996) was a"
"the letters of Vincent van Gogh was published by Actes Sud in 2009. Marnix Vincent Marnix Vincent (1936–2016) was a Belgian literary translator, working primarily from Dutch into French. Vincent was born in Oudenaarde on 25 December 1936. He studied Romance languages at the University of Ghent and went on to teach at the Institut libre Marie Haps. In 2005 he was awarded the Flemish Community's triennial prize for the translation of Dutch literature. He died in Aalst on 6 April 2016. Authors he translated included the literary giants Hugo Claus, Willem Elsschot, and Gerard Reve, as well as writers"
"""Houtekiet"" (1939). His novel ""Zwart en wit"" (E: black and white) of 1948, deals with the collaboration (Nazi-Collaborators were called ""blacks"" in Belgium, and resistance fighters ""whites"") with Nazism and the repression after World War II. ""Zuster Vergilia"", of 1951, deals with the eternal fight between faith and disbelief. In his book ""Oproer in Kongo"" (E: Revolt in Congo) from 1953, he wrote about colonialism, which he conceived after along journey through Belgian Congo in 1951. As a writer he reveals his own inner self in ""Het gastmaal"" (1966) en ""Het avondmaal"" (E: Dinner) (1968), by using a modernistic writing"
"was serialized in 1930 and appeared in book form in 1931; the last one, ""Maigret and Monsieur Charles"", was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Three television series (1960–63, 1992–93 and 2016-), have been made in Great Britain (the first with Rupert Davies in the title role, the second with Michael Gambon and the third with Rowan Atkinson), one in Italy in four different seasons for a total of 36 episodes (1964–72) starring Gino Cervi and two in France: (1967–1990) starring Jean Richard"
"Charles Plisnier Charles Plisnier (13 December 1896, Ghlin – 17 July 1952, Brussels) was a Belgian writer from Wallonia. He was a Communist in his youth and briefly belonged to the Trotskyist movement in the late 1920s. He disavowed communism, and became a Roman Catholic, remaining nevertheless a Marxist. He turned to literature, writing family sagas against bourgeois society. ""Mariages"" (1936; ""Nothing to Chance"") deals with the limitations of social conventions; the five-volume Meurtres (1939–41; ""Murders"") centres on an idealistic tragic hero, Noël Annequin, in his fight against hypocrisy. In 1937, he won the Prix Goncourt for ""Faux passeports"", short"
"his honor. Camille Lemonnier Antoine Louis Camille Lemonnier (24 March 1844 – 13 June 1913) was a Belgian writer, poet and journalist. He was a member of the Symbolist ""La Jeune Belgique"" group, but his best known works are realist. His first work was ""Salon de Bruxelles"" (1863), a collection of art criticism. His best known novel is ""Un Mâle"" (1881). Lemonnier was born in Ixelles, Brussels. He studied law, and then took a clerkship in a government office, which he resigned after three years. Lemonnier inherited Flemish blood from both parents, and with it the animal force and pictorial"
"Marie Nizet Marie Nizet (19 January 1859 – 15 March 1922), married name Marie Mercier, was a Belgian writer. Marie Nizet was born in Brussels into a literary family. She was a student at Isabelle Gatti de Gamond's secondary girls' school (""Cours d'Éducation pour jeunes filles""). Her father, employed at the Royal Library of Belgium, had published patriotic poetry and works on history and librarianship. Her brother Henri was to become a journalist and novelist. Nizet developed an interest in Romania, perhaps due to the influence of émigrés and students who lodged with the family. Her first poetic works were"