EParis: Idolobha ayithandayo uSimonon lapho abeka khona umphathi wakhe ongenakulibaleka uJules Maigret.
UGeorge Simenon, umdali wekhomishani odumile uMaigret, uthengise ngaphezu kuka izigidi ezingamakhulu amahlanu wezincwadi zomsebenzi wakhe, ezihlanganiswe ngu izincwadi ezingaphezu kwamakhulu amathathu. Labo abamenza waduma kwakungu-Commissioner Maigret abangama-78, kwabokuqala, UPierre waseLatvia (1929), kuze kube sekugcineni, Maigret noMnu Charles (1972),
uSimenon Ngikwazile ukubhala inoveli ezinsukwini eziyishumi nanhlanu: ngaleso sikhathi akekho owayekwazi ukukhuluma naye noma ukumhlupha. Uchaze njengesikhathi sokuhlupheka okukhulu. Ngelinye ilanga u-Alfred Hitchcock wamshayela ucingo kwathi lapho bephendula ukuthi uMnu Simenon akakwazanga ukugibela ngoba wayesanda kuqala inoveli entsha, bathi umenzi wefilimu waphendula wathi, "Awu, ngiyethemba."
Ukuqala kukaGeorge Simenon.
uSimenon nKwakungoLwesihlanu mhla zili-13 NgoFebhuwari 1903 eLiege (eBelgium). Su umama, wambhalisa kwirejista ngomhlaka 12 ukugwema inombolo ebulalayo.
Bengifuna i amagama wabalingiswa ku incwadi yocingo. Waphimisa amagama nezibongo ngokuzwakalayo waze wazithola ezazizwakala kahle uma kuziwa ekubumbeni abalingiswa bakhe.
UGeorge wayenakho umfowethu omncane, uChristian, intandokazi kanina, owashona empini yase-Indochina lapho ayebalekele khona ukugwema ukugwetshwa ngenxa yobudala bakhe bamaNazi. Umama wakhe wayehlala esola uSimenon ngokungafi esikhundleni somfowabo.
Wenza imali yakhe yokuqala ngenoveli emfushane ye-newsstand ayibhala ekuseni ngo-1924. Ngokushesha waqala ukuthola imali eningi futhi inyanga ngayinye wathumela inani kunina. Ngelinye ilanga, wayibuyisela kuye yonke, iphelele.
Ngawo-20, uSimon wathuthela eParis. Lapho iqembu le-bohemian iLa Caque lajoyina. Kwakuyisigaba sokweqisa: ucansi, izidakamizwa futhi iCharleston yayihambisana nokusetshenziswa okungalawulwa kwe- utshwala. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwaba kumthandi we UJosephine Baker.
USimonon noBaker, bahlanganiswe uthando lwabo olukhulu ngokocansi.
USimeleon wayeyintatheli ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumbhali, umsebenzi owawumvumela ukuthi afunde nge-chiaroscuro yomphakathi nokuba seduze nemibiko yamaphoyisa eyabeka izisekelo zamabhuku akhe ezobuphenyi zesikhathi esizayo.
Impilo ephawuleka ngokuthanda kwakhe abesifazane.
Ngaphandle kokuba ngumbhali ovelele, wayengu- umlutha wezocansi. Ngala mazwi Kuchaza uSimon umlutha wakhe ku Izinkumbulo ezisondelene:
«Owesifazane nguyena ongithande kakhulu empilweni. Ngangilambele bonke abesifazane engangiwela ngabo iqhugwana labo elinganqamuki lalanele ukungishisa ebuhlungwini bomzimba. Kukangaki ngincenga le ndlala nabesifazane abasebasha kunami, embundwini wendlu noma emgwaqweni othile omnyama? Noma kungenjalo wayezongena kwezinye zalezo zindlu emafasiteleni owesifazane oncane ononile futhi ofiselekayo owaluka ngokuthula ».
Ushadile kathathu. Yena futhi unkosikazi wakhe wesibili, Umama wendodakazi yakhe, waba nobuhlobo bobulili obedlulele: babeya ndawonye emakhosheni ukuze baye ocansini nabanye besifazane. Unkosikazi wakhe wesithathu wayeyincekukazi eqashelwe ukunakekela owesibili ngesikhathi egula.
Ngenze izibalo kanye. Kusukela ngineminyaka eyishumi nambili, benginabafazi abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi embhedeni »(uGeorge Simenon)
Ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, waya ekudingisweni e-United States abalekela izinsolo lokho kwawela kuye ngenxa ukusebenzisana namaNazi. Izikhathi ezidlule zamaNazi zemibhalo yomfowabo ongumKristu neyamaSemite eyabhalwa nguSimeleon uqobo, ephoqwa umbuso ngokusho kwakhe, kwakuyimbewu yokusola.
Eminyakeni engama-37 watholakala enenkinga yenhliziyo ebucayi kakhulu. USimon wayenenkolelo yokuthi uzokufa, ngakho-ke wabhala izinkumbulo zakhe zobuntwana nezobusha ukuze indodana yakhe uMarc yazi ukuthi ungubani ubaba wakhe. Ukuxilongwa kwakungalungile futhi uSimeleon waphila iminyaka engama-86.
USimenon wayebuye abe umlutha wepayipi likagwayi. Wayenamapayipi enani elikhulu: izintandokazi zakhe kwakuyi-meerschaum ayihlanza ngotshwala, i-calvados, i-cognac noma i-bourbon, yize ipayipi lakhe ayelithanda laliyisiqholo.
«Kusukela ngineminyaka engu-15 noma engu-16 ubudala, sengikhanyise ipayipi lapho ngisukuma ngaqhubeka nokubhema ngaze ngalala. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngihlala ngiphethe okungenani amapayipi amabili ephaketheni lami, nokuthi nginama-dozen edeskini lami. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi ngiwagcwalisa wonke ngaphambi kokuba ngiqale ukusebenza, ngakho-ke ngingakwenza ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka ».
Ukuphela okudabukisayo kobuhlakani bemibhalo.
USimon wayenabantwana abathathu futhi indodakazi, uMary Jo owazibulala eneminyaka engu-25. Bekuhlale kunamahlebezi okuthi ubudlelwano obuphakathi kukababa nendodakazi bungemingcele yezihlobo.
"UMary Jo wachazwa ngomunye wodokotela bakhe empilweni yakhe yokuba mdala 'njengomnenke ongenagobolondo.' Ukuxhumana phakathi kwabo kufundeka njengezincwadi zothando kunokushintshana phakathi kukababa nendodakazi. (UPatricia Highsmith)
Omunye wakhe Grandes amanoveli, uPedigree (1948), yasuswa ezitolo ezidayisa izincwadi ngemuva kokuhlushwa amacala amathathu e ukwehliswa isithunzi ngabantu abasondele kumbhali abazibonele kubalingiswa benoveli.
USimonon ushone eLaussane (Switzerland) ngo-1989 ngemuva kokuhlala ku izindlu ezingaphezu kwama-33.
«Ngiqalaza nxazonke bese ngithi: ngenzani lapha? Futhi angiyazi impendulo, ”kuvuma uSimeleon.