Georges Simenon
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Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most prolific and successful authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 no
Simenon in 1963
26 rue Léopold, Liège, the house where Simenon was born
Maigret statue in Delfzijl, Netherlands
Simenon, 1963 by Erling Mandelmann
Josephine Baker
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Freda Josephine Baker, also spelled Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress, and a spy for the French Resistance. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly i
Georges Simenon
…her "Boule", and she was to become his lover and part of the Simenon household under that name for the next 39 years. Simenon began an affair with Josephine Baker in 1926 or 1927, and became her part-time assistant and editor of Josephine Baker's Magazine. However, the Simenons were tiring of their hectic life…
Baker in 1940
Unconfirmed photo of Baker, c. 1908
Josephine Baker impersonating Hudgins in the Folies Bergère in 1927.
Josephine Baker, wearing only a feathered skirt and anklets, shoes, and a headdress, arches back over the forward-bent fr:Joe Alex in La Danse sauvage.