Maigret in New York (other English-language titles are Maigret in New York's Underworld and Inspector Maigret in New York's Underworld; French: Maigret à New York) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret. The novel was written between February 27 to March 6, 1946, in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, Quebec, Canada.[1] The book was published in 1947 by Presses de la Cité.[2]

Maigret in New York
AuthorGeorges Simenon
Original titleFrench: Maigret à New York
TranslatorAdrienne Foulke, Linda Coverdale
LanguageFrench
SeriesInspector Jules Maigret
GenreDetective fiction, Crime fiction
PublisherPresses de la Cité
Publication date
1947
Publication placeBelgium
Published in English
1955
Media typePrint
Preceded byMaigret in Retirement 
Followed byA Summer Holiday 

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The book has been translated and published under different titles: in 1955 as Maigret in New York and as Maigret in New York's Underworld , in 1956 as Inspector Maigret in New York's Underworld, all translated by Adrienne Foulke; in 2016 as Maigret in New York translated by Linda Coverdale.[3]

The first German translation by Bernhard Jolles was published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1956.[4]

Adaptation

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Literature

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  • Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931-1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 306-307 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)
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References

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  1. ^ Biographie de Georges Simenon 1946 à 1967 auf Toutesimenon.com, der Internetseite des Omnibus Verlags.
  2. ^ Maigret à New York auf der Internet-Seite von Yves Martina.
  3. ^ "Maigret à New York". Trussel.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ Oliver Hahn: Bibliografie deutschsprachiger Ausgaben. Georges-Simenon-Gesellschaft (Hrsg.): Simenon-Jahrbuch 2003. Wehrhahn, Laatzen 2004, ISBN 3-86525-101-3, S. 61.
  5. ^ Film history at trussel.com.; retrieved 22 February 2023.