Offhand, I don't know of a bibliography for Simenon that
includes all the detail you mention. The closest I've seen is
in THE ART OF SIMENON by Thomas Narcejac published in 1950 in
France and reprinted
(in updated form) by Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD. in
London in 1952. It gives The French title, French publisher,
year of first publication, English title, year of
publication, English publisher
(most British, some U.S.). The English edition does update
into 1952 but this makes one long for a good post-1952
bibliography.
There is a website in English that purports to list all
Simenon's books in their British and U.S. first editions. I
cannot vouch for it's accuracy as I have not checked it.
Translators are also not detailed. One translator to avoid is
Geoffrey Sainsbury, who according to Simenon biographer
Pierre Assouline commonly changed plot details, psychological
profiles of characters, names, and a hodgepodge of other
details. Here is the link to the English/U.S. list:
http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/georges-simenon.htm
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Mark R. Harris"
<brokerharris@...> wrote:
>
> I just finished reading Georges Simenon's intense
noir novel Dirty
> Snow, in the Marc Romano/Louise Varese translation
published by New
> York Review Books, and I can recommend it
unqualifiedly.
>
> Does anyone know of a good bibliography of Simenon's
non-Inspector
> Maigret work, either online or elsewhere in
print?
>
> The most helpful sort of bibliography from my point
of view would
> include the original French titles, years of
publications, and
> pseudonyms if any; plus detailed information about
all of the
> translations into English (there are multiples on
many Simenon
> titles). OK, so I am asking for a lot.
>
> Best,
> Mark
>
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