"Maigret Goes Home Maigret Goes Home (French: ""L'Affaire Saint-Fiacre"") is a 1932 detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Jules Maigret. Maigret is called back to his home village to try to prevent a crime being committed. It was also released as Maigret on Home Ground and Maigret and the Countess. Jean Gabin played the part of Maigret in a film adaptation in 1959 called Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre. In 1962 it was made into an episode of the first Maigret television series starring Rupert Davies. In 1992 it was made into an episode of an"
"Maigret's Revolver Maigret's Revolver is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The original French version ""Le Revolver de Maigret"" appeared in 1952. The theft of Inspector Jules Maigret's revolver from his home begins a detective story that leads to Maigret travelling from Paris to London to find the young man who stole it, and the woman who is in danger of being his victim. An agitated young man visits Maigret's home while he is out, wanting to talk to him, but instead steals his revolver. Maigret and his wife later go to a dinner party of his acquaintance"
"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"
"Thirteen Against Fate Thirteen Against Fate is a British mystery thriller series, comprising thirteen individual stories by the French writer, Georges Simenon. There are no links between each story, other than the original author, and no story features Simenon's most famous creation, Maigret. Intended to be more of a psychological series than the usual British detective serial of the time, producer Irene Shubik remarked that ""[t]hese plays are not for the squeamish. They are not light detective stories, but intense psychological studies of individuals deeply involved in the aftermath of murder or death."", while The Daily Telegraph described the first"
"A Battle of Nerves A Battle of Nerves (French: ""La Tête d'un homme"", also known as ""A Man's Head"") is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest of Simenon's ""Maigret"" novels, and one of eleven he had published that year. It was one of the most successful of the early titles and among the first Maigrets to be filmed. Maigret had been investigating the murder of Mme. Henderson, a rich American woman, and her maid, at her house in Saint-Cloud. Despite the evidence against"
"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"
"The Crime at Lock 14 The Crime at Lock 14 (Fr. ""Le Charretier de la Providence"", ""The Carter of the ""Providence"""") is a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Maigret is called to a crime scene at Lock 14 on the Marne Canal, near Dizy, when a woman's body is found in the stable of a canalside inn. She had been strangled, and was still wearing her jewellery, pointing to a crime of passion. The woman is identified as Mary Lampson, wife of an English ""milord"" travelling through France on his yacht,"
"in 1969 (Jan Teulings); and in Russian in 1992 (Vladimir Samoilov). It has been adapted for French TV on three occasions: in 1967, for the Jean Richard series, and re-made for that series in 1983; and in 1996 for the Bruno Cremer series. A Battle of Nerves A Battle of Nerves (French: ""La Tête d'un homme"", also known as ""A Man's Head"") is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest of Simenon's ""Maigret"" novels, and one of eleven he had published that year. It"
"Maigret (1960 TV series) Maigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963. Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon, the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role. The series starred Rupert Davies as the Sûreté detective Commissaire Jules Maigret, who took up the role in 1960 after Basil Sydney, who had played Maigret in the pilot episode, was unable to continue. The main cast were:- Episodes included such well-known faces as Stratford Johns, Leon Cortez, Terence Alexander,"
"Schwartz. The character of Maigret was invented by Simenon but after the first few novels was influenced by Chief Inspector , said to be the greatest French detective of his day, who became a longtime friend of Simenon. Maigret is described as a large, broad shouldered man — he is gruff, but patient and fair. Recurring characters in the series include Maigret's wife Louise (usually referred to simply as ) and in particular ""The Faithful Four"", a group consisting of his four loyal police colleagues (Sgt./Inspector Lucas, , , and Torrence). List of Maigret novels with date of French-language publication"
"depicted the popular character Jules Maigret, created by Georges Simenon. Barma oversaw the series until 1981. Claude Barma died in 1992, and was buried in Ars-en-Ré in Charente-Maritime. Claude Barma Claude Barma (3 November 1918, Nice – 30 August 1992, Paris), is a French-Italian director and screenwriter, and an early creator of French television programmes. After studying electrical engineering, he entered television in 1946 with the drama ""Chambre 34"", his directorial debut. On 24 February 1950, he produced the first live French television show by transmitting part of Marivaux's ""Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard"" and the ""Comédie-Française"". His"
"Les Fiançailles de M. Hire Les Fiançailles de M. Hire (""Monsieur Hire's Engagement"") is the title of a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is among one of the author's first self-described ""roman durs"" or ""hard novels"" to distinguish it from his ""romans populaires"" or ""popular novels,"" which are primarily mysteries that usually feature his famous Inspector Maigret character. The novel is divided into eleven chapters, and is written using the third-person narrative mode. ""Les Fiançailles de M. Hire"" has been translated into English twice: once by Daphne Woodward as ""Mr. Hire's Engagement"" for Hamish Hamilton in 1956,"
"remained until his death in 1919. In the late 1920s, Cagnes-sur-Mer became a residence for many American renowned literary and art figures, such as Kay Boyle, George Antheil and Harry and Caresse Crosby. Author Georges Simenon (1903–1989), creator of the fictional detective ""Commissaire Jules Maigret"", lived at 98, montée de la Bourgade in the 1950s with his third wife and their three children; his initial ""S"" may still be seen in the wrought iron on the stairs. Parisian artist, poet, and philosopher Georges Charaire had a home In Cagnes for many years. Creating his lithographs in the former studio of"
"In 1977 he said he had had sex with 10,000 women in the 61 years since his 13th birthday. Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed. He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, ""Pietr-le-Letton"","
"Grainer. Apart from the pilot, all 52 episodes still reside within the BBC's archives. Maigret (1960 TV series) Maigret is a British television series made by the BBC and which – following a pilot episode broadcast in 1959 – ran for 52 episodes from 1960 to 1963. Based on the Maigret stories of Georges Simenon, the series starred Rupert Davies in the title role. The series starred Rupert Davies as the Sûreté detective Commissaire Jules Maigret, who took up the role in 1960 after Basil Sydney, who had played Maigret in the pilot episode, was unable to continue. The main"
"banknotes. Maigret, aware that three of the men have children, does not take any action; in a month's time it will be ten years since the crime, and prosecution will not be possible. The idea of the story relates to a period in Simenon's own past. He was born and spent his early life in Liège, and was one of a group of young men in the city, calling themselves ""La Caque"", who had a bohemian lifestyle; they met to read aloud the works of writers which interested them, and they questioned conventional morality. They adopted the symbol of the"
"also been filmed as ""Monsieur Hire"" by Patrice Leconte in 1989 and stars Michel Blanc and Sandrine Bonnaire Simenon, Georges: ""The Engagement"". New York: New York Review Books, 2007. Les Fiançailles de M. Hire Les Fiançailles de M. Hire (""Monsieur Hire's Engagement"") is the title of a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is among one of the author's first self-described ""roman durs"" or ""hard novels"" to distinguish it from his ""romans populaires"" or ""popular novels,"" which are primarily mysteries that usually feature his famous Inspector Maigret character. The novel is divided into eleven chapters, and is written"
"have a certain charm in their depiction of a kinder, gentler California, where the police were always ""good guys"" who solved all the crimes and respected the citizenry. It has been suggested that the ""Inspector Maigret"" novels of Georges Simenon aren't really procedurals because of their strong focus on the lead character, but the novels have always included subordinate members of his staff as supporting characters. More importantly, Simenon, who had been a journalist covering police investigations before creating Maigret, was giving an accurate depiction, or at least the appearance of an accurate depiction, of law enforcement in Paris. Further,"
"Woodward as ""Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett""; and in 2014 by David Bellos as ""Pietr the Latvian"". The story has been adapted for television three times: In English in 1963 (with Rupert Davies in the main role); in Dutch in 1967 (Jan Teulings); and in French in 1972 (Jean Richard). The Strange Case of Peter the Lett The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1931) (), a detective novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon, is the very first novel to feature Inspector Jules Maigret who would later feature in more than a hundred stories by Simenon and who has"
"the books to get the feel for the character, Davies thought it would be better to meet Maigret's creator and hear from him how he saw the character. The BBC agreed and a meeting was arranged between Davies and Simenon in Lausanne. ""The moment Simenon saw me he shouted: ""C'est Maigret, c'est Maigret. You are the flesh and bones of Maigret!"" Davies later remembered. ""That was a wonderful beginning. Then he drove us to his lovely château in the village of Enchandens, where I met his wife. Later he began to coach me in Maigret's idiosyncrasies."" The series was written"
"The Sailors' Rendezvous The Sailors Rendezvous (Fr: ""Au rendezvous des Terre-Neuvas"", ""The Meeting-place of the Newfoundlanders"") is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. Published in 1931, it is one of the earliest of Simenon's ""Maigret"" novels, and one of eleven he had published that year. Whilst on holiday in Fecamp, Maigret answers a plea from an old friend to look into the case of a local boy, Pierre Le Clinche, who is accused of murder. Le Clinche, a radio operator on a deep sea trawler, is charged with killing the captain of"
"Genre fiction Genre fiction, also known as popular fiction, is a term used in the book-trade for fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specifically literary genre, in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre. Although genre fiction is generally distinguished from literary fiction, a number of major literary figures have also written genre fiction, for example, John Banville, publishes crime novels as Benjamin Black, and both Doris Lessing, and Margaret Atwood have written science fiction. Georges Simenon, the creator of the Maigret detective novels, has been described by André Gide as"
"Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-born British actor who has worked in theatre, television, and film. He moved to England and gained British citizenship. Gambon has played the eponymous mystery writer protagonist in the BBC television serial ""The Singing Detective"", Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial ""Maigret"", and Professor Albus Dumbledore in the final six ""Harry Potter"" films after the death of Richard Harris who had previously played the role. He has won four BAFTA TV Awards and three Olivier Awards. He was knighted in 1998 for services to drama, and he"
"Night at the Crossroads Night at the Crossroads () is a 1932 film by Jean Renoir based on the novel of the same title (known in English as ""Maigret at the Crossroads"") by Georges Simenon and starring Renoir's brother Pierre Renoir as Simenon's popular detective, Inspector Maigret. The French director Jacques Becker, then apprentice to Renoir, worked as assistant director and production manager on the film. Often cited as being Jean Renoir's least well-known sound film, ""Night at the Crossroads"" has nonetheless maintained a very strong critical reputation. In an article republished as part of André Bazin's book on Renoir,"
"an enormous house constructed to his own design. Simenon and Denyse Ouimet separated definitively in 1964. Teresa, who had been hired by Simenon as a housekeeper in 1961, had by this time become romantically involved with him and remained his companion for the rest of his life. His long-troubled daughter Marie-Jo committed suicide in Paris in 1978 at the age of 25, an event that darkened Simenon's later years. The documentary film ""The Mirror of Maigret"" by director/producer John Goldschmidt was filmed at Simenon's villa in Lausanne and was a profile of the man based on his confessional dialogue with"
"Tropic Moon Coup de Lune (Éditions Fayard, 1933), literally ""moonburn"" or ""moonstroke"" in French, but translated into English as Tropic Moon, is a novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is among one of the author's first self-described ""roman durs"" or ""hard novels"" to distinguish it from his ""romans populaires"" or ""popular novels,"" which are primarily mysteries that usually feature his famous Inspector Maigret character. In a larger context, the novel deals with French attitudes towards Africans and the French colonial experience. ""Coup de lune"" has much in common with the noir fiction subgenre of hardboiled detective fiction, and could"
"Guinguette by the Seine Guinguette by the Seine (Fr. ""La Guinguette a deux sous"", ""the Tuppenny Bar"") is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character Inspector Jules Maigret. While visiting a condemned man in prison, he comments to Maigret that he knows someone at a """"guinguette a deux sous"""" (a ""tuppenny bar"") who is equally deserving of the death penalty. Lenoir further reveals that he and an accomplice had witnessed a man whom they knew from the bar take a body and dump it in the Canal Saint-Martin. Maigret is unable to find this tuppenny bar,"
"programme again on 4 June 2006, and set a time in the Chevrolet Lacetti of 1:50.3, a significant improvement on his previous time of 1:55. He clipped his namesake corner the second time, and when asked why by Jeremy Clarkson, replied, ""I dunno — I just don't like it."" Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-born British actor who has worked in theatre, television, and film. He moved to England and gained British citizenship. Gambon has played the eponymous mystery writer protagonist in the BBC television serial ""The Singing Detective"", Jules Maigret in the"
"portrayal won two of the highest accolades: his versions were dubbed into French and played across the Channel; and Simenon himself presented Davies with a novel inscribed to his ""perfect Maigret"". The theme tune to the TV series was composed by Ron Grainer. Granada Television produced an adaptation of ""Maigret"" for ITV in 1992 and 1993 in which Michael Gambon starred as Maigret; there were 12 adaptations in the two series. An earlier version (1988) on ITV cast Richard Harris in the lead role, with a somewhat idiosyncratic reading of the character. Rowan Atkinson plays Maigret in ""Maigret"" for TV-films"
"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. His mother had origins from both the Netherlands and Germany while his father was of Walloon origins. 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"
"also looking out for him. Maigret eventually finds Alain waiting in Jeanne Debul's room while she is out. Treating him to a meal in the hotel restaurant, Maigret learns about Alain's father and recent events at his home; the links between his father, Jeanne Debul and André Delteil become clear. The story was included in the first series of the BBC television dramatizations of Maigret stories featuring Rupert Davies as the detective: ""The Revolver"" was broadcast in 1960. Maigret's Revolver Maigret's Revolver is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The original French version ""Le Revolver de Maigret"" appeared"
"Pierre Renoir Pierre Renoir (21 March 1885 – 11 March 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first actor to play Georges Simenon's character Inspector Jules Maigret. Pierre Renoir was born on 21 March 1885 in Paris, at 18 rue Houdon, about a hundred meters from place Pigalle, to painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Aline Charigot. For his best remembered role, as Jėricho the ragman in ""Children of Paradise"" (""Les Enfants du Paradis"",1945), he"
"the character on Italian television, starting from 1964 up to 1972; Simenon himself considered Cervi's interpretation of the character to be possibly the best. This series resulted in 14 novels and 2 short stories being adapted. In the Soviet Union, Russian theater actor portrayed Maigret in a number of TV films in the 1970s. In Soviet cinema, apart from , Maigret was portrayed by cinema actors and . In Japan, played ""Megure"", a Japanese-born equivalent to the French , reinvented in a modern Japanese setting, in , a 25-episode TV series aired from 14 April to 29 May 1978 on"