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re: New translation 12/05/13 – Sorry, I cannot imagine Maigret eating Swiss fries, or French fries, and even less can I imagine Madame Maigret crackling them on her stove. A stew feels more realistic. Vladimir

A Visit to the 100th Anniversary of the PJ Expo 12/01/13 – Here are some pictures I took at the 100 years of the PJ show. It was interesting, but a bit expensive for what it was. There was first a historical part and than a presentation of the actual structure of the PJ and a large display related to forensics. The last section was about the PJ in movies. I attended an interview with Hervé Jourdain, who received the "Prix du Quai des Orfèvres 2014". Except for the mention of Inspector Février, who became Janvier, and the Jean Gabin pictures, there was nothing about Simenon or Maigret... It was all about the real PJ. (click on photos to enlarge) Regards, Jérôme

re: New Penguin edition 11/30/13 – First, of all, thanks, Alan. I've just read the new translation myself... As for the Americanisms, they were generally invisible to me. But there were a fair number of phrases which struck me as probable Briticisms! I was first surprised by 'That's right. Sir go reception.' (9), which looked like it might have been a typo, but it turned out (thanks, Sam, for checking with Penguin) to be an attempt to render the porter's slightly broken French, "– C'est ça, voyez bureau..." Here are a few I thought looked British... 'Shut the door, sharpish,' Maigret said with no regard for hierarchy. (69) But no. 71 is a long way up the hillside street, and Maigret had to stop twice to get his puff back. (78) 'At the double!...' (79) The game he was in had got near to show-down. (86) I remember her walking her first baby in the pram... (153) Of course, Alan's complaint has more to do with the anachronistic feeling of certain American slang for a novel set in France in the '30s, and I suppose for those on this side of the Atlantic, those Briticisms might actually help to create the atmosphere... With regard to Mme Maigret “stirring the stew that bubbled in her saucepan” in the Woodward translation, versus Bellos's “stirring the crackling Swiss fries in the pan”... In the original French it's ...“remuait le frichti crépitant dans sa casserole,”. So the French means "stirring the frichti crackling in her saucepan", and the question is, what is "frichti"? According to my favorite French-English dictionary, it's "nosh" or "grub", a non-specific food reference. Murielle cited this paragraph in the preamble to her (April 2012) article, Madame Maigret, and I see that I took the easy way out and translated it (here) as "stirring whatever was in the pot". So it seems there's a fair amount of leeway for the translator of that section. Bottom line for me? A generally enjoyable translation, with, apparently, a mixture of British and American English. And, like Alan, I'm looking forward to more... ST

New Penguin edition 11/28/13 – I’ve just finished reading the new Penguin edition of Pietr the Latvian. Whilst I’m delighted that Penguin have taken on this task, and I shall certainly collect them all, I do have some concerns about the translation, which seems to me to be full of American expressions. I have no problem with the American style of speech and writing, and I love the works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, but it does jar when you read “cop” and “guy” in a French novel written in the ‘30s. There are also some further anomalies. Towards the end, in the 1963 translation by Daphne Woodward, Mme Maigret is said to be …“stirring the stew that bubbled in her saucepan”... whilst in the new edition she is …“stirring the crackling Swiss fries in the pan…”. I don’t have the original French version to check for myself, but it does seem very odd to me. I believe that Simenon once said that he wished to strip out all the “style” from his writing that he possible could, and it seems to me that Daphne Woodward achieved this, and I think this is why such a minor matter irritates me so much. In any event, thank you so much, Steve, for hosting this excellent website for Maigret fanatics such as myself. Alan Cheshire

100th Anniversary of the PJ 11/23/13 – Here's a link to the site of events for the 100th Anniversary celebration in Paris... (Nov. 9 - Dec. 8) Jérôme

Maigret + Asterix + Arsène Lupin 11/14/13 – I have been reading Maigret novels since my fourteenth year and found along the way that they could help me learn French, along with Asterix and Arsène Lupin, so your forum is an ideal place for Maigret buffs. Best Regards, Anna

Old Time Radio Collection? 11/11/13 – Does anyone have any knowledge of this product?: Classic French Detective Maigret Old Time Radio Shows "...3 digitized reels of classic French Detective Maigret radio broadcasts..." Found here. Is there a copy out there? Martin Cooke

re: Penguin proof copy? 11/11/13 – A few comments following Ward Saylor's post:- The book I have is in standard paperback format, while the New Penguin Maigret series is to be in trade paperback format. The publication history information in the book is identical to that shown in the Penguin Red Classic edition (first printing). As already noted, the ISBN is also identical. So, the book appears to be the Red Classic edition, rebound as a proof, or possibly a preliminary version of the New Penguin Maigret release. Stuart Radmore

re: Penguin proof copy? 11/8/13 – Curious. The ISBN is for the 2006 Penguin Red Classic series release which was originally released with this jacket. This translation was first published in the USA as Maigret and the Yellow Dog by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1987 and in Great Britain, under the present title, with minor revisions and a new Introduction, as a Penguin Modern Classic in 2003. The title is not due for release in the new Simenon series until March 2014. Ward Saylor

Penguin proof copy? 11/2/13 – Here's a scan of the cover of a copy of "The Yellow Dog" that I found last week in a charity shop. The title and author's name are in the new style, but the lack of a pictorial cover (see the recent post "New Penguin Maigrets") makes me think that this is a proof or review copy. Can anybody help?     (click to enlarge) Stuart Radmore

Maigret's Colors 11/2/13 – conclusion... 3.13. Combinations of colors In his colorful descriptions, Simenon doesn't limit himself to single terms in the chromatic field, but often "harmonizes" them, inserting into the same sentence a setting of a number of colors... an opportunity for the author to manipulate his palette like that of a watercolorist or impressionist painter... We find descriptions in the corpus where two colors are combined, usually in contrast, including some which appear more frequently... Original French English translation

Maigret audiobook sources? 10/27/13 – Are you aware of any Maigret audiobook sources? I'm looking for CD's or MP3s, in English. I'm a bit surprised there doesn't seem to be anything? Thanks for any help, and for the wonderful website! Dave Lukas Well, there are these radio/audio productions...

Penguin - Maigret brochure 10/09/13 – Click here for a pdf of the new Penguin/Maigret marketing brochure David Simmons

On the translations... 10/04/13 – The juxtaposition of the two English versions for comparison with the original French makes fascinating reading. Thanks. I don’t know about you, but I’d have translated each and every one of them differently. Making something readable in English while preserving the French flavor is not easy. David Simmons

Two Translations of Pietr 9/29/13 – The Penguin page describing the new translation by David Bellos of Pietr le Letton (scheduled to appear in November), includes a small sample of the new text, the first four paragraphs of Chapter 2. Here it is, along with the original French and Dorothy Woodward's 1963 translation: Pietr le Letton, original French by Georges Simenon (1931) Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett, translation by Dorothy Woodward (1963) Pietr the Latvian, translation by David Bellos (2013) La présence de Maigret au Majestic avait fatalement quelque chose d' hostile. Maigret's presence at the Majestic inevitably carried a suggestion of hostility. Inevitably Maigret was a hostile presence in the Majestic. Il formait en quelque sorte un bloc que l'atmosphère se refusait à assimiler. He was a kind of foreign body its organism would not assimilate. He constituted a kind of foreign body that the hotel's atmosphere could not assimilate. Non pas qu'il ressemblât aux policiers que la caricature a popularisés. Not that he resembled the policeman dear to caricaturists. Not that he looked like a cartoon policeman. Il ne portait ni moustaches, ni souliers à fortes semelles. He had neither moustache nor heavy boots. He didn't have a moustache and he didn't wear heavy boots. Ses vêtements étaient de laine assez fine, de bonne coupe. His suit was of quite good material and cut; His clothes were well cut and made of fairly light worsted. Enfin il se rasait chaque matin et ses mains étaient soignées. he shaved every morning and had well-kept hands. He shaved every day and looked after his hands. Mais la charpente était plébéienne. But his frame was plebeian – But his frame was proletarian. Il était énorme et osseux. huge and bony. He was a big, bony man. Des muscles durs se dessinaient sous le veston, déformaient vite ses pantalons les plus neufs. Strong muscles swelled beneath his jacket and soon took the crease out of even a new pair of trousers. His firm muscles filled out his jacket and quickly pulled all his trousers out of shape. Il avait surtout une façon bien à lui de se camper quelque part He had a characteristic stance too, He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there. qui n'était pas sans avoir déplu à maints de ses collègues eux-mêmes. which even many of his own colleagues found annoying. His assertive presence had often irked many of his own colleagues. ST

New Penguin Maigret translations 9/29/13 – Here’s a promising answer to the question [9/8/13] posed by Bill Stephens... Penguin recently clarified its project of publishing new English translations of the Maigret series. The first novel is expected within a few weeks, followed by a novel a month for 75 months, which seems like a tough schedule to meet. They’ll be 6.99 GBP (11.29 USD). Selections from the more literary series will be coming, too, but we can only hope the short stories will follow. David Simmons

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Any new Simenon translations? 9/8/13 – Having been hooked on anything written by Georges Simenon, I think I've read every novel that was translated from his works into English, other than a few of the Maigret's Christmas short stories. Do you have any information if any previously untranslated works will be translated and available anytime to those of us in the US (or, I suppose in the UK also), whether it be novels or short stories, or quite frankly anything else by him? Sincerely, Bill Stephens Charleston WV

Maigret's Colors 8/18/13 – Maigret's Colors by Murielle Wenger original French "The streets and avenues of Paris were a veritable fireworks in the July heat and everywhere were splashes of light – they gushed from slate roofs and pink tiles, from the reds of geraniums in glass windows – they streamed from multi-colored car bodies, of blue, green, and yellow..." (La patience de Maigret) [PAT] 1. Introduction Simenon remarked more than once how much he loved painters, particularly the impressionists, who made their colors sing, and who no doubt influenced his own literary work. In his own way, Simenon also knew how to use color... to depict an atmosphere, a landscape, or a character. In this study I'd like to examine the use of color terms in the Maigrets, to see how the author uses them, which are used most often, for which descriptions they are reserved, how they contribute to the rendering of an atmosphere, to set a scene, and to highlight feelings and impressions. We recognize, following Michel Pastoureau ([Dictionary of the colors of our times], Bonneton, 1999), that color is a symbolic and cultural notion, and thus linked to a given society. Historically, color in Western culture is organized primarily in a ternary mode, dating back to prehistoric times and built on the three colors, white, black and red. From the Middle Ages, and up to our time, the symbolic system of Western culture revolves around six colors: white, black, red, blue, green and yellow. These six basic colors are unique in that they do not have referents in nature, contrary to what Pastoureau calls the "half-colors", such as rose (pink), violet, or orange, terms derived by reference to an object. For this inventory I've made of the corpus, I've considered the basic terms used (in French) to designate the colors, the adjectives "white", "black", "red", "green", "yellow", and "blue" for the six basic colors, and the other adjectives designating a color, "violet", "orange", "brown", "gray", and "pink". These eleven terms represent our range of color symbolism, also called the "color field". Note also that our vocabulary includes other terms for the different colors, corresponding to nuances within each of the eleven chromatic fields. However, as Pastoureau writes, "Absolute synonymy, as we know, does not exist. This is perhaps truer for the vocabulary of colors than for any other field in the lexicon. A word like red can't be replaced by a synonym. ... Words like garnet, carmine, vermilion, can only designate certain shades of red — they are not interchangeable with it, and even less so among themselves." And so we will also examine whether Simenon, in his texts, utilizes these shades of color, and if so, what is their frequency with regard to the use of the basic terms, and for what semantic purposes they are employed. 2. Quantitative aspect of the use of colors in the Maigrets A first rough analysis of the corpus shows that Simenon favored, in his use of color terms, the basic system of six colors as described above, to which must be added gray. The terms "white", "black" and "red" are those which recur most often from his pen, echoing the original Western color system. (We recall, after Pastoureau, how these three colors are preferred, for example, in the tradition of storytelling. Thus, he cites Snow White, with hair black as ebony, lips red as blood, and skin as white as snow. And the fable of the fox and the crow, where the black bird drops a piece of white cheese into the mouth of the red fox.) Simenon then uses almost equally yellow (the latter, as we shall see, often appearing as the shade "blond"), blue and gray, which take on more importance with the author than in basic system. Brown is more often used than green, clearly not a preferred part of the author's color system. We find next pink, after which occurrences of purple are rarer, and finally orange even rarer still. We also note that if we do an analysis based on the three "periods" of the corpus, we find that the three colors of the original system (white, black, and red) remain the most frequent, regardless of the period. But for the Fayard period, the next most used color is gray, followed by yellow and blue, while in the Gallimard, green, yellow and blue are ahead of gray (Simenon's desire to "put some color" into a historically difficult time?). For the Presses de la Cité period, yellow and blue surpass gray, followed by brown and then green. And so we note a "decline" of gray as we move through the corpus, in favor of more vivid colors, and we might dare to suggest that this corresponds to a certain lightness of the atmosphere in the novels of the last two periods, in contrast to the "darker" atmosphere of the Fayard texts. This is rather parallel to what we noted with regard to the meteorological descriptions in the corpus, where we saw that Simenon tends more and more to put his character on stage during the summer, and less and less under the autumn mists. We note that this increased lightness of the atmosphere corresponds at the same time to a greater psychological depth in the plots, which tend to approach, in essence, that of the "hard novels". 3. Semantic analysis of the use of colors in the Maigrets In the remainder of this study, we will consider each color according to its appearance in the Maigret corpus, examining the use of the term – the concept described by the color, the objects or concepts to which is it applied, and the author's purpose in assigning it. In general, we can say that in the Maigret corpus, the use of a color term serves to describe concepts in three semantic fields: description of a character, by his clothing and physical appearance (skin, hair, eyes, mustache and hair in general). description of an object. description of a landscape or scene to provide an "ambiance" for the scenes described. 3.1. Black We can summarize the symbolic field of black as encompassing three domains. For one, everything evoking "negative" ideas (death, mourning, dirtiness, sadness, etc.). Second, in contrast, a domain of "positive" concepts (luxury, elegance). And between the two, a domain more or less "neutral", with notions of austerity and authority. In the corpus, the use of the term "black", while associated with the description of the three semantic fields noted above, will also show certain aspects of the symbolic field of that color. This remark is equally valid for each of the colors studied, so it will not be repeated in the following text. We note first that for the black of eyes, hair (including beard, mustache, hair in general), this color attribute is less frequently used than others (as white, gray, brown or red) to describe this physical aspect. If, in the Fayard period, black hair serves primarily to connote in characters their "foreignness" (for example, Anna Gorskine, with "black hair, greasy, unkempt, falling in thick strands on her neck" (Pietr le Letton) [LET], Gloria Negretti with her "shiny black hair" (Le charretier de la Providence) [PRO], or Ephraïm Graphopoulos in La danseuse du Gai-Moulin) [GAI], in the two following periods, the scope broadens. There are still the foreign characters with their black hair, like Maria, with her "long, silky black hair" (Maigret et son mort) [MOR], Dr. Bloch, with his "black, oily hair" (Maigret au Picratt's) [PIC], Pozzo, with "very black hair pulled back over the top of his head" (Maigret, Lognon et les gangsters) [LOG], Louise Sabati in Maigret a peur [PEU], or Fouad Ouéni, with his "thick black hair, black as ink" (Maigret et l'affaire Nahour) [LOG]. But we also find a gallery of characters who aren't foreigners, to whom are assigned black hair. For example, Jeanne, with "greasy black hair which hung down on both sides of his face" (Maigret se fâche) [FAC], M. Liotard in L'amie de Madame Maigret [MME], Désirée Brault in Maigret se trompe [TRO], Mme Fumal, with "hair black as ink" (Un échec de Maigret) [ECH], Mme Planchon in Maigret et le client du samedi [CLI], Mirella Jonker in Maigret et le fantôme [FAN], Aline Bauche in Maigret se défend [DEF] and La patience de Maigret [PAT]. From a symbolic point of view, this attribute of black hair gives these characters a "negative" aspect, as described above. The "black of evil" for Ouéni, M. Liotard and Mme Planchon, or the "black of sadness" for Louise Sabati or Mme Fumal... Original French English translation Note: See the English translation for the continuation of this "black" section. The translation is complete through "black". Translation of the additional colors appear weekly in the Forum, color by color. The French text is complete.

Simenon Film Festival in NYC 8/15/13 – Has anyone been to or been following this Simenon film festival in NYC this month? Burgess Meredith's (1948) The Man on the Eiffel Tower (La Tête d'un homme), with Charles Laughton as Maigret, is scheduled for August 18 at 6:45 PM. Steve Cribari

Maigret and the Wine Merchant - if it happened today... 8/13/13 – Just finished Maigret and Wine Merchant, and cannot stop wondering how differently the story would unfold today. For starters, instead of writing to Maigret, Pigou (a guy in a hopeless situation who pulled the trigger) would write to the newspapers and become a national celebrity. He would also go to a lawyer who would 'negotiate' his surrender under 'favorable conditions', instead of coming to Maigret in the middle of the night. Those conditions would include a plea bargain, avoiding trial and scandal. Let's not forget a publicist who would arrange numerous appearances, interviews, book and movie deals. Further, a successful legal action by the ladies abused by Chabut (the bad guy who got shot and killed) would all but wipe out the 'Le Vin des Moines' (Chabut's company), making numerous discrimination lawyers very rich in the process, and leaving Louceck (the bad guy managing the office) without a place to work, which would suit him fine, since he was the one who started the snowball of trouble rolling. The media would enjoy a boom. Vladimir

Le chien jaune 8/13/13 – Just in case Keith in Manhattan might have missed it, there's some fascinating forum discussion about this work beginning in January of 2004: 1/1/04, 1/2/04, 1/4/04, 1/9/04, 1/10/04, 1/15/04, 1/18/04, 1/21/04, 1/26/04. David Simmons (If you go to the "plots" page for a title, for example, Le Chien Jaune, the link there to Maigret of the Month groups all these together in one place...)

Le dogue d'Ulm 8/8/13 – Some Googling inspired by Keith from Manhattan's comment (7/26/13) led me to this site, which tells us that... Le Dogue d'Ulm is a bronze sculpture from a plaster model made by the sculptor Jean Baptiste Van Heffen in 1869, representing the dog in watch position. The sculpture was installed in the Cinquantenaire Park [in Brussels, Belgium] in 1896, on a bluestone pedestal. This monument has been listed since November 18, 1976. [translation] Given the age of the statue, Simenon surely must have known it. There's a lot more on the statue on the web. And there's this interesting webpage, where we learn that... It is almost undeniable that the old Dogue that existed in Germany, probably in the Ulm region, was crossed with a strong English (or Irish) Greyhound to create the race. Ranchers like Otto Friederich, best known for his production of German Shepherds, boasted of having contributed to the race, and have dubbed it "Danish Dogue" to avoid confusion with the German Bulldog (Bullenbeisser) which was supposed to have a bad reputation. [translation] si(me) non è vero è ben trovato....... Simenonian greetings Dirk

Thanks! 7/26/13 – I am studying French. I am working my way through several Simenon nouvelles. I just today stumbled on this site while trying to understand what "le dogue d'Ulm" (from "Le Chien jaune") means. Thanks for this wonderful site! What a great resource. Keith in Manhattan

36 Quai des Orfèvres stamp to be issued for PJ Centenary 7/26/13 – A stamp in honor of the mythical headquarters of the Parisian Police Judiciaire, 36 Quai des Orfèvres, will be put on sale in September on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Parisian PJ, the Postal Bureau announced today. Designed by the bandes dessinées artist Jacques de Loustal, this stamp, with a face value of 0,63 euros, represents the facade of 36 Quai des Orfèvres against a night sky. More than 1.5 million stamps are planned for release by the Postal Bureau and will be on sale from September 13, the official first day of issue. The Parisian PJ wil celebrate its centenary on August 1. (AFP) [translation] Jérôme

re: Hotels in mid-century Paris 7/7/13 – In response to Vladimir's question [06/27/2013], I'm sure there are hundreds of cheap hotels to be found across most of Paris these days. I don't think that you'd want to stay in most of them but they are out there. Most of them won't be in any tourist or travel guides as most belong to the parts of Paris that the city's tourist office would prefer didn't exist. Although the old Hotel Beau-Séjour, for example, at 1, rue Lepic is now the Residence Blanche and is around EUR 100 per night, it seems to have been renovated and looks better on Street View. Then again, 100 a night is cheap for Paris these days. I used to ride from Bruxelles to Paris and back on the trains because it was cheaper than a hotel if you booked in advance. As I said on here some time ago [In the Footsteps of Chief Superintendent Jules Maigret in Montmartre], a sejour there would appear to be anything but beau. Some of the backpacker guidebooks may list some of these places. I wouldn't expect more than a few of them to have a website. Joe

Michael Gambon Honored at Independent Film Awards 7/7/13 – (Old News) 15th Annual Moet British Independent Film Awards - Jude Law And Michael Gambon To Be Honoured At 15th Moet British Independent Film Awards Dec. 9, 2012... "...Sir Michael Gambon’s career as an actor spans six decades, working across theatre, radio, television and cinema. Gambon’s iconic role in the television serial The Singing Detective won him his first of four Best Actor BAFTA TV Awards and roles in dramas such as Maigret made him a household name..." Read it here.     See it here A bit late, but I hadn't noticed any comments here at the Forum... Joe

Maigret Locations 7/6/13 – Is it possible that Simenon personally never visited the site of the 'Crossroads', and his description was fictional? But it is interesting to see a map of Paris / France / Europe with marks where Maigret cases took place. Vladimir

About Maigret's Crossroads 7/03/13 – I was reading Murielle's article about Maigret at the Crossroads [NUI], especially her description of the layout of the intersection and where named items were in relation to each other. That got my attention so I went on Google Earth and had a look. Here's what I came up with. First, the crossroads is no more. The Avrainville (Postcode 91360) road now passes over the road from Etampes to Arpajon and Paris. The site is 36.8 kilometers south of the Quai d'Orfevres. The road from Etampes to Paris is now the N20, which is like a US federal highway or an A road in the UK. In this area it is a limited access highway with a barrier between the two directions of travel. There are two lanes in each direction. The road from Boissy-Sous-St.Yon to Avrainville is the D26. That's a state highway in the USA and a B road in the UK. There is no village or settlement at the site today. It's a 'zoning' or industrial park/estate now. Boissy is a crescent-shaped village. The D26 goes through the center about one inch/25mm to the left of the crossroads in Muriel's diagram. It swings around so the outer edge meets the the N20 about one inch/25mm below the crossroads. A small part of it crosses the N20 as it is today. This is about 1.4 Km south of the crossroads. At a point 750 meters south of the crossroads there are a few isolated buildings on the right side of the road going south. These are screened off by a low concrete fence and some tall trees. It's possible that people are living there but it is obviously a commercial property. The part of the D26 that's to the left of the crossroads is called the Route d'Avrainville. On the other side it's the Rue des Cheminets, at least as far as Avrainville. As there are no settled areas on either side of the N20, it is the Route Nationale but it is the Avenue de Paris in Boissy. Avrainville is 1.7 Km east of the crossroads while Etampes is 15.2 Km to the south. Arpajon is 3.9 Km to the north and Boissy is 1.2 Km to the west. Things certainly have changed in this location since Simenon wrote about it. Regards Joe

Hotels in mid-century Paris 6/27/13 – The cover of new book to be published by Penguin (June 18, 2013 post, below) reminded me that many of Maigret's "clients" (petty criminals or near-homeless) lived in hotels. Could that be true? If that was true, there used to be plenty of inexpensive hotels in Paris during Simenon's time. Not anymore, at least I did not see any. Vladimir, Canada

New Penguin Maigrets 6/18/13 – Here are the covers for the first of the new Penguin translations mentioned in my post of 20th May. Pietr the Latvian is translated by David Bellos. The Late Monsieur Gallet is translated by Anthea Bell. Ward Saylor

Maigret Originals? 6/18/13 – I am curious whether any original Maigret manuscripts have survived? Can be seen in a museum, for example. By the way, the 25th anniversary since Simenon died approaches - any commemorations planned in France, Belgium? Vladimir

Maigret in Hungarian 6/16/13 – New Maigret titles added to the Hungarian list: Maigret és a halott gyémántkereskedő La nuit de carrefour Maigret és az éjszaka örömei Maigret au "Picratt's" Maigret gyanút fog Maigret et l'inspecteur malgracieux Maigret nyaralni megy Les vacances de Maigret Thanks to Viola Bátonyi from Budapest... (My apologies - these were actually submitted earlier as well, including one from Jerome, but didn't get onto the list. ST) Carissimo Simenon : Mon cher Fellini is now in Hungarian as well

Maigret and The Yellow Dog 6/15/13 – My university research is in Literary Tourism and I focus on Concarneau and The Yellow Dog (Le Chien jaune) [JAU]. I would be very grateful for any anecdotes or comments anyone can add to my Google+ Community for my work. If you would like to read my most recent conference paper on Maigret and The Yellow Dog, it is freely available on the Academia edu web-site under my name, or click here to read and/or download a copy [in French]. I’d just like to say thank you to Steve Trussel for managing and maintaining this valuable resource. The stories surrounding the Liberty Bar [LIB] entry have been particularly useful in my academic research and for our fieldwork with tourism students in March 2012 in Cannes and Antibes. Charlie Mansfield Plymouth University, Devon UK

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Maigret of the Month - 2012 month title January Vente à la bougie - Sale by Auction (1939) February La pipe de Maigret - Maigret's Pipe (1945) March Maigret et l'inspecteur malgracieux - Maigret and the Surly Inspector (1946) April Le témoignage de l'enfant de chœur - The Evidence of the Altar-Boy (1946) May Le client le plus obstiné du monde - The Most Obstinate Man in the World (1946) June On ne tue pas les pauvres types - Death of a Nobody (1946) July Menaces de mort - Death Threats (1942) August Train de nuit - Night Train (1930) September La jeune fille aux perles - The Girl with the Pearls (1932) October La femme rousse - The Redhead (1933) November La maison de l'inquiétude) - The House of Anxiety (1930)

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Maigret of the Month - 2011 month title January Une erreur de Maigret - Maigret's Mistake (1936) February L'Amoureux de Madame Maigret - Madame Maigret's Admirer (1939) March La vieille dame de Bayeux - The Old Lady of Bayeux (1939) April L'Auberge aux noyés - The Drowned Men's Inn (1938) May Stan le tueus - Stan the Killer (1938) June L'Étoile du Nord - At the Étoile du Nord. (1938) July Tempête sur la Manche - Storm in the Channel (1938) August Mademoiselle Berthe et son amant - Mademoiselle Berthe and her Lover (1938) September Le Notaire du Châteauneuf - The Three Daughters of the Lawyer (1938) October L'improbable Monsieur Owen - The Unlikely M. Owen (1938) November Ceux du Grand Café - The Group at the Grand Café. (1938) December L'Homme dans la rue - The Man in the Street (1939)

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Maigret of the Month - 2010 month title January La Folle de Maigret - Maigret and the Madwoman (1970) February Maigret et l'homme tout seul - Maigret and the Loner (1971) March Maigret et l'indicateur - Maigret and the Informer (1971) April Maigret et Monsieur Charles - Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972) May La Péniche aux deux pendus - Two Bodies on a Barge (1944) June L'Affaire du Boulevard Beaumarchais - The Mysterious Affair in the Boulevard Beaumarchais (1944) July La Fenêtre ouverte - The Open Window (1944) August Monsieur Lundi - Mr. Monday (1944) September Jeumont, 51 minutes d'arrêt - Jeumont, 51 Minutes' Stop! (1944) October Peine de mort - Death Penalty (1944) November Les Larmes de bougie - Death of a Woodlande (1944) December Rue Pigalle - In the Rue Pigalle (1944)

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Maigret of the Month - 2009 month title January Maigret et le clochard - Maigret and the Bum (1963) February La Colère de Maigret - Maigret Loses His Temper (1963) March Maigret et le fantôme - Maigret and the Ghost (1963) April Maigret se défend - Maigret on the Defensive (1964) May La Patience de Maigret - Maigret Bides His Time (1965) June Maigret et l'affaire Nahour - Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966) July Le Voleur de Maigret - Maigret's Pickpocket (1967) August Maigret à Vichy - Maigret in Vichy (1968) September Maigret hésite - Maigret Hesitates (1968) October L'Ami d'enfance de Maigret - Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968) November Maigret et le tueur - Maigret and the Killer (1969) December Maigret et le marchand de vin - Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970)

Maigret of the Month - 2008 month title January Maigret tend un piège - Maigret sets a trap (1955) February Un échec de Maigret - Maigret's Failure (1956) March Maigret s'amuse - Maigret's Little Joke (1957) April Maigret voyage - Maigret and the Millionaires (1958) May Les Scrupules de Maigret - Maigret Has Scruples (1958) June Maigret et les témoins récalcitrants - Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959) July Une confidence de Maigret - Maigret Has Doubts (1959) August Maigret aux assises - Maigret in Court (1960) September Maigret et les vieillards - Maigret in Society (1960) October Maigret et le voleur paresseux - Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961) November Maigret et les braves gens - Maigret and the Black Sheep (1962) December Maigret et le client du samedi - Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962)

Maigret of the Month - 2007 month title January Maigret au "Picratt's" - Maigret in Montmartre (1951) February Maigret en meublé - Maigret Takes a Room (1951) March Maigret et la grande perche - Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1951) April Maigret, Lognon et les gangsters - Maigret and the Gangsters (1952) May Le Revolver de Maigret - Maigret's Revolver (1952) June Maigret et l'homme du banc - The Man on the Boulevard (1953) July Maigret a peur - Maigret Afraid (1953) August Maigret se trompe - Maigret's Mistake (1953) September Maigret à l'école - Maigret Goes to School (1954) October Maigret et la jeune morte - Maigret and the Young Girl (1954) November Maigret chez le ministre - Maigret and the Calame Report (1954) December Maigret et le corps sans tête - Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955)

Maigret of the Month - 2006 month title January L'Inspecteur Cadavre - Maigret's Rival (1944) February Maigret se fâche - Maigret in Retirement (1947) March Maigret à New York - Maigret in New York (1947) April Les Vacances de Maigret - No Vacation for Maigret (1948) May Maigret et son mort - Maigret's Special Murder (1948) June La première enquête de Maigret, 1913 - Maigret's First Case (1949) July Mon ami Maigret - My Friend Maigret (1949) August Maigret chez le coroner - Maigret at the Coroner's (1949) September Maigret et la vieille dame - Maigret and the Old Lady (1950) October L'Amie de Mme Maigret - Madame Maigret's Own Case (1950) November Les Mémoires de Maigret - Maigret's Memoirs (1951) December Un Noël de Maigret - Maigret's Christmas (1951)

Maigret of the Month - 2005 month title January L'affaire Saint-Fiacre - Maigret Goes Home (1932) February Chez les Flamands - The Flemish Shop (1932) March Le port des brumes - Death of a Harbormaster (1932) April Le fou de Bergerac - The Madman of Bergerac (1932) May Liberty Bar - Liberty Bar, Maigret on the Riviera (1932) June L'écluse n° 1 - The Lock at Charenton (1933) July Maigret - Maigret Returns (1934) August Les Caves du Majestic - Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942) September La Maison du juge - Maigret in Exile (1942) October Cécile est morte - Maigret and the Spinster (1942) November Signé Picpus - Maigret and the Fortuneteller (1944) December Félicie est là - Maigret and the Toy Village (1944)

Maigret of the Month - 2004 month title January Le chien jaune - The Yellow Dog February M. Gallet décédé - Maigret Stonewalled March La nuit du carrefour - Maigret at the Crossroads April Le charretier de la Providence - Maigret Meets a Milord May La tête d'un homme - A Battle of Nerves June Un crime en Hollande - Maigret in Holland July Pietr-le-Letton - Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett August Le pendu de Saint-Pholien - Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets September Au rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas - The Sailor's Rendezvous October La danseuse du Gai-Moulin - Maigret at the Gai-Moulin November La guinguette à deux sous - Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine December L'ombre chinoise - Maigret Mystified