Celebrating the Georges Simenon Centennial.(Currents)(Biography)

From: World Literature Today | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

THE YEAR 2003 marks the centenary of the birth of Georges Simenon (1903-89), one of the most prolific French-language novelists of the twentieth century. Sponsored by the city of Liege, Belgium, and the University of Liege, a year-long series of exhibits, conferences, films, guided tours, and dramatic productions--raider the rubric "2003, annee Simenon au pays de Liege"--is being held to celebrate his work. Many of Simenon's novels are being reissued, and a number of new critical studies of the author's life and work are being added to the already substantial catalog of critical ...

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