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Books | The Guardian ([info]theguardianbook) wrote,
@ 2020-02-25 10:54:00


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Georges Simenon webchat with his son John – post your questions now

Concluding our look at the Inspector Maigret mysteries, the author’s son will join us on Friday 28 February at 1pm GMT to field your questions about his father’s career

I’m very pleased to say that John Simenon, son of famous Belgian novelist Georges Simenon – the subject of the reading group this past month – will be joining us for a webchat on 28 February at 1pm GMT.

As well as working in the film industry since the 1970s, John has managed the literary estate of his father for more than 25 years. He is the moral rights director of the Georges Simenon estate and has been closely involved with the recent Penguin translation series, which has provided so much pleasure and fruitful discussion for us.

My father was an obsédé of life and literature … He refused to camouflage his own weaknesses, magnifying them instead. If he was weak, his characters were weak. If he felt strong, he wrote strong characters. In short, he attempted to create the image of mankind. My father was himself his most compelling character.

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