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MILESTONES, Page 75
DIED. Georges Simenon, 86, world-renowned mystery writer who
created the fictional police inspector Maigret; in Lausanne,
Switzerland. Simenon, who once boasted that he could bang out a
novel in three days, published more than 400 novels under his own
name and 17 pseudonyms. Because of his insight and prolific output,
he was hailed as the Balzac of his time. Simenon's works sold more
than 600 million copies in 57 languages and spawned numerous films.
"I'm not an intellectual at all," he told an interviewer in 1963.
"I've never thought through a novel, I've felt it. I've never known
where my characters would lead me."