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Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9. Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time". In his obituary in The New York Times, he was described as "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." Time included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. In 1990, the Crime Writers' Association picked three of his five novels for their list of The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. Five years later, four out of five of his novels made The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time as selected by the Mystery Writers of America. His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film noir. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dashiell Hammett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1894-05-27
- event Death Date 1961-01-10
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 2.7
- info Birth Place Saint Mary's County, Maryland, USA
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No Good Deed
2002-06-28
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The Thin Man
1934-05-25
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Satan Met a Lady
1936-07-22
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The Maltese Falcon
1931-05-23
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City Streets
1931-04-18
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After the Thin Man
1936-12-25
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Shadow of the Thin Man
1941-11-21
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Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
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Song of the Thin Man
1947-08-28
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The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24
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The Glass Key
1935-06-15
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The Glass Key
1942-09-08
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Watch on the Rhine
1943-08-27
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Roadhouse Nights
1930-02-15
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Mister Dynamite
1935-04-22
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Woman in the Dark
1934-11-08
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Nick and Nora
1975-03-04
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Secret Agent X-9
1937-04-12
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Secret Agent X-9
1945-07-24
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Have You Got Any Castles?
1938-06-25
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The Maltese Falcon
1941-10-18
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Let Sleeping Guns Lie
2005-12-30
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The Gang
1985-12-01
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The Black Bird
1975-12-25
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The Crimson Night of the Hawk
1978-11-29
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The Wizard of Malta
1981-10-22
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The Dain Curse
1978-05-22
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Studio One
1948-11-07
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Monsieur Spade
2024-01-14
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Fallen Angels
1993-08-01