September in Review & Georges Simenon novels !

Georges Simenon, 1973

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/

The prolific and incredible Belgian writer, Georges Simenon, was dead 30 years, on the 4 September 1989.

His serious novels that involve elements of crime and melodrama continue to fascinate writers and readers.

He has at last achieved, at the age of 60, what one French critic (Jacqueline Barde) calls "son grand roman, son premier roman." 

And in this first "pure" novel, even the hitherto confused should be able to see why André Gide long ago described this author as "perhaps the greatest and most truly 'novelistic' novelist in French literature today." 

"Gide wholehearted enthusiasm for Simenon and Dashiell Hammett must be a persistent obstacle for those who insist on drawing a sharp line between "entertainment" and "literature."

Georges Simenon, années 50

credits: Mondadori Portfolio

https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/

Born in Liège (Belgium) on 13th February in 1903, began writing in his teens. In a decade or so he wrote two or three hundred books under 17 pseudonyms, of the most hack description - spy stories, westerns, sentimental novels for girls, and other.

In his late twenties, Simenon moved up several notches with the creation of Commissionaire Maigret (1930) and other less known but rewarding fictional detectives. 

Maigret's War of Nerves

Georges Simenon, 1981

https://www.amazon.com/

Contractually bound to a Maigret novel a month plus a short story a week, he began turning out work of extraordinary quality.

Simenon's career is as improbable as any in modern literature. Georges Simenon, the masterly Belgian novelist whose Inspector Maigret mysteries and many other highly regarded works made him one of the most widely published authors of the century.

Maigret tend un piège

(en français facile)

Georges Simenon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/

Simenon wrote 84 Maigret adventures and 136 other novels under his own name, and some 200 novellas under 17 pseudonyms early in his career.

His work consists of 391 titles, and he is best known as the creator of the fictional detective series consisting of 75 books featuring Inspecteur Maigret, translated into more than 50 languages. 

"It is not too much to say that Simenon is one of the great revolutionists of the detective story. Maigret novels operated, like the work of Hammett and his fellow pulpsters in America, to enable the detective story to achieve novelistic stature, while the intellectuals of the period were still praising S. S. Van Dine, who denied the possibility."

Anthony Boucher

Liens utiles/ Links:

Georges Simenon

Sur la piste de Maigret

Écouter sur Georges Simenon

The Myth of Simenon

Literature's Enduring hero: The Inpesctor Maigret's novels

Georges Simenon

illustrator: Loustal

http://frenchculture.org/

“A little knowledge distances us from people, a lot of knowledge brings us closer.”


Inspector Maigret

And now, time to the review of the most popular posts of September


Here are the most popular posts of the last month:

NASA Contest Mars rover : your best name ideas !

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Hoping you're enjoying to teach! New students are always so good!

G-Souto

06.10.2019

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Schools : NASA Contest : Mars rover : your best name ideas !

Name the Rover Contest
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

NASA is inviting K-12 students in U.S. public, private, and home schools to enter the Mars 2020 Name the Rover essay contest. 

NASA’s Name the Rover contest asks students from kindergarten through 12th grade across the United States to send short essays with their best name ideas.

The contest started on August 27 and runs until November 1, 2019. 

What's Mars 2020:

The Mars 2020 rover is a 2,300-pound robotic scientist that will search for signs of past microbial life, characterize the planet's climate and geology, collect samples for future return to Earth, and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet.

Mars Rover
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

• Aims:

The Name the Rover contest is part of NASA's efforts to engage students in the STEM enterprise behind Mars exploration and inspire interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

STEM concepts are ripe with opportunity for English language, Arts (ELA) integration. So, an interesting cross-curricular contest!

"This naming contest is a wonderful opportunity for our nation’s youth to get involved with NASA’s Moon to Mars missions,” (...) "It is an exciting way to engage with a rover that will likely serve as the first leg of a Mars Sample return campaign, collecting and caching core samples from the Martian surface for scientists here on Earth to study for the first time.”

Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator

Name the Rover Contest
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

By participating in the essay contest, students will:

• Learn about real NASA missions
• Apply their critical thinking skills
• Learn something new, and form questions about a place they may never have heard of
• Conduct research using NASA websites
• Applying their writing skills

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

• So what makes a good name? 

There are lots of ways to become inspired, but students should start by learning about the rover as well as the Red Planet and why NASA explores it. 

But they shouldn’t stop there. There are many ways to spark ideas from students, including writing planetary poetry (Languages curriculum), making cosmic art (Arts & Media curricula), and having them build rovers of their own (STEM curricula).

Get students thinking and writing creatively, and encourage them to submit their essay!

credits: Adolie Day

https://www.facebook.com/Adolie-Day-

• How to participate:

To enter the contest, students must submit by Nov. 1 their proposed rover name and a short essay, no more than 150 words, explaining why their proposed name should be chosen. 

The essays will be divided into three groups by grade level:

• K-4, 

• K-5-8,

• K-9-12.

Name the Rover Contest
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

Judge & vote:

The essays will be judged appropriateness, significance and originality of their proposed name, and the originality and quality of their essay, and/or finalist interview presentation.

Fifty-two semifinalists will be selected per group, each representing their respective state or U.S. territory. 

Three finalists then will be selected from each group to advance to the final round.

As part of the final selection process, the public will have an opportunity to vote online on the nine finalists in January 2020. 

NASA plans to announce the selected name on Feb. 18, 2020 – exactly one year before the rover will land on the surface of Mars.

• Registration:

Register, learn more, and submit entries using the link below:

Registration here

• Prize:

One grand prize winner will name the rover and be invited to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

• Volunteer to judge:

If you’re a U.S. resident over 18 years old, you can volunteer to help judge the thousands of contest entries that NASA expects to pour in from around the country. 

Sign-up to Judge here

Mars 2020

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

Education:

A contest to engage students in a cross-curricular activity: the STEM behind Mars exploration and to inspire interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

Of course, STEM concepts are ripe with opportunity for English language and Arts (ELA) integration.

Contests are always welcome activities in school curriculum. Students are encouraged to show their inner creativity and develop competences and skills.

Of course a national contest, in this case, in a big country as the US, kids and teens have the unique opportunity to reach an interesting prestige in their schools and in the all country.

It's fhe big moment to share new ideas, common interests and gain experience in a contest that involves such an important award! An invitation to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Wow! 

“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.” 

Joel Barker

G-Souto

08.09.2019

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