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Рекс Тодхантер Стаут, Рекс Стаут, Rex Todhunter Stout
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Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels, and 41 novellas and short stories, between 1934 and 1975. In 1959, Stout received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon XXXI, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. In addition to writing fiction, Stout was a prominent public intellectual for decades. Stout was active in the early years of the American Civil Liberties Union and a founder of the Vanguard Press. He served as head of the Writers' War Board during World War II, became a radio celebrity through his numerous broadcasts, and was later active in promoting world federalism. He was the long-time president of the Authors Guild, during which he sought to benefit authors by lobbying for reform of the domestic and international copyright laws,[specify] and served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1959.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1886-12-01
- event Death Date 1975-10-27
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 0.4
- info Birth Place Noblesville, Indiana, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Rex Stout
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Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
1939-09-08
6
Omnibus
1952-11-09
6.6
The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06
4
Critic at Large
1948-08-18
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Nero Wolfe
1979-12-19
4
The President Vanishes
1934-11-17
4
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000-03-05
4
Lady Against the Odds
1992-04-20
4
The League of Frightened Men
1937-05-25
4
Nero Wolfe
2012-04-05
4
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001-04-22
4
Nero Wolfe
1969-02-21
4
Zu viele Köche
1961-02-27
4
Nero Wolfe
1981-01-16
4
Novye priklyucheniya Niro Vulfa i Archi Gudvina
2008-07-07
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Nero Wolfe i Archie Goodwin
2002-01-03