A Summer Holiday

A Summer Holiday

Author	Georges Simenon
Original title	French: Les Vacances de Maigret
Language	French
Series	Inspector Jules Maigret
Genre	Detective fiction, crime fiction
Publisher	Presses de la Cité
Publication date	1948
Publication place	Belgium
Published in English	1950
Media type	Print
Preceded by	Maigret in New York
Followed by	Maigret's Dead Man

A Summer Holiday (other English-language titles are No Vacation for Maigret, Maigret on Holiday, and Maigret's Holiday; French: Les Vacances de Maigret) is a detective novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon, featuring his character inspector Jules Maigret. The novel was written between November 11 to November 20, 1947, in Tucson, Arizona, United States.[1] The book was published in the following year by Presses de la Cité.

Translations

The book has been translated into English under different titles: in 1950 as A Summer Holiday and in 1953 as No Vacation for Maigret by Geoffrey Sainsbury; in 1970 as Maigret on Holiday by Jacqueline Baldick; in 2016 as Maigret's Holiday by Ros Schwartz.[2]

The first German translation by Jean Raimond was published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1956. The new translation by Markus Jakob was published by Diogenes Verlag in 1985.[3]

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted several times for cinema and television:[4]

In French

• 1956: as Maigret en Vacances, starring Henri Norbert as Maigret;
• 1971: as Maigret en vacances, with Jean Richard in the lead role;
• 1995: as Les Vacances de Maigret, with Bruno Cremer;

In English

• 1961: as On Holiday, starring Rupert Davies;

In Dutch

• 1968: as Maigret met vakantie (Maigret on Holiday), starring Jan Teulings.

Bibliography

• Maurice Piron, Michel Lemoine, L'Univers de Simenon, guide des romans et nouvelles (1931–1972) de Georges Simenon, Presses de la Cité, 1983, p. 308-309 ISBN 978-2-258-01152-6 (in French)

External links

• Maigret at trussel.com

References

1. Biographie de Georges Simenon 1946 à 1967 auf Toutesimenon.com, der Internetseite des Omnibus Verlags.
2. "Les Vacances de Maigret". Trussel.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
3. Oliver Hahn: Bibliografie deutschsprachiger Ausgaben. Georges-Simenon-Gesellschaft (Hrsg.): Simenon-Jahrbuch 2003. Wehrhahn, Laatzen 2004, ISBN 3-86525-101-3, S. 66.
4. Film history at trussel.com.; retrieved 22 February 2023.