%0 Journal Article %T Georges Simenon and literary canon. Polish edition of The Widow %A Swoboda, Tomasz %J Cahiers ERTA %V 2017 %R 10.4467/23538953CE.17.028.7974 %N Numéro 12 Littératures populaires et cultures médiatiques: Belgique / Pologne %P 145-157 %K Georges Simenon, literary canon, translation, crime fiction %@ 2300-4681 %D 2017 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/georges-simenon-et-le-canon-litteraire-ledition-polonaise-de-la-veuve-couderc %X The article analyzes the Polish edition of The Widow by Georges Simenon in the context of the reception of this author in Poland and in that of a “new literary canon”. The study also proposes a commentary on the translation of the novel, which also contributes to the legitimization of the Belgian writer.