Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (Faransa: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 Fabrairu ga watan, shekara ta alif 1903) -  ya mutu 4 ga watan Satumba a shekara ta alif 989) Miladiyya. marubucine ɗan ƙasar Belgium, wanda ya fi shahara saboda ɗan binciken sa na almara Jules Maigret. Yana daya daga cikin mashahuran marubutan karni na 20, ya buga litattafai kusan 400, litattafai 21 na memoirs da gajerun labarai masu yawa, inda ya sayar da kwafi sama da miliyan 500.

Baya ga tatsuniyar bincikensa, ya samu yabo sosai ga litattafan adabinsa da ya kira romans durs (hard novels). Daga cikin masu sha'awar adabinsa akwai Max Jacob, François Mauriac da André Gide. Gide ya rubuta, "Na ɗauki Simenon babban marubuci, watakila mafi girma, kuma mafi kyawun marubucin da muka samu a cikin adabin Faransanci na zamani."

An haife shi kuma ya girma a Liege, Belgium, Simenon ya rayu na tsawon lokaci a Faransa (1922-45), Amurka (1946-55) kuma a ƙarshe Switzerland (1957-1989). Yawancin aikinsa na ɗan adam ne, wanda aka yi masa wahayi daga ƙuruciyarsa da ƙuruciyarsa a Liège, tafiye-tafiye masu yawa a Turai da duniya, abubuwan yaƙi, rikice-rikicen aure, da batutuwan soyayya masu yawa.

Masu suka irin su John Banville sun yaba wa litattafan Simenon don fahimtar tunaninsu da fayyace lokaci da wuri. Daga cikin fitattun ayyukansa akwai The Saint-Fiacre Affair (1932), Monsieur Hire's Engagement (1933), Act of Passion (1947), The Snow was Dirty (1948) da The Cat (1967).

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