How Georges Simenon learned to “not do literary”

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Georges Simenon, in 1965. © Wikimedia Creative Commons CC0 1.0 by Jac. from Nijs / Anefo

By: Pascal Paradou

The Belgian writer Georges Simenon is the most widely read French-speaking author in the world, notably famous for being the father of Commissioner Maigret. It is our "Remarkable Voice" of the day. He tells of his addiction to writing and how he spent his life "not doing literary" on the advice of Colette.

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