A note from Marie-Jo Simenon, middle child of Georges and Denyse Simenon, who later died tragically by her own hand. She wrote to DMH during the time that Diana had been brought into the Simenon family circle to be a friend to the children. The Henry family and the Simenon family had met in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, when Diana was 14. Georges Simenon said she spoke the most perfect French he had ever heard. He invited her to join the family the next summer for a month at their castle as their cloistered children's guest. Diana Mara Henry is working on an illustrated autobiography of her life, with a working title of Golden Girl: My Walk through History, which will include more of these memories.

FYI: Inspector Maigret was Simenon's most popular detective.

FLASH: Georges Simenon was also a photographer of talent, as can be seen from his marvelous images, below:

Within the scope of the Agreement of Cooperation between the French Community of Belgium, the Walloon Region and the Republic of Hungary the Belgian Embassy in Hungary, the Walloon-Brussels Representation and Hungarian House of Photography presents

GEORGES SIMEN0N entitled

In Simenon's eye

Open to the public: 04. - 27. March 2005.

The exhibition was arranged from the photographs which were generously placed at our disposal by John Simenon and the author's family, and is organised within the scope of the Francophone Week in Budapest

Hungarian House of Photography in Mai Manó House
H-1065 Budapest-Terézváros, Nagymezõ utca 20.
Telephone: 473-2666
Fax: 473-2662
E-mail: maimano@maimano.hu