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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…
Known for
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- Omnibus — Self1952
- Critic at Large — Himself - Creator of Nero Wolfe1948
- Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 — Himself - Guest Panelist1939
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Key facts
- Born
- Rex Todhunter Stout , ( 1886-12-01 ) December 1, 1886, Noblesville, Indiana , United States
- Died
- October 27, 1975 (1975-10-27) (aged 88), Danbury, Connecticut , United States
- Occupation
- Writer
- Genre
- Detective fiction
- Notable works
- Nero Wolfe corpus , 1934–1975
- Spouse
- Fay Kennedy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1932 ) Pola Weinbach Hoffmann ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1932 )
- Branch
- United States Navy
- Service years
- 1906–1908
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rex
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Noblesville
- Place of death
- Danbury
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- writer
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Official website
- www.nerowolfe.org
- Image
- Rex Stout 1973.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1886-00-00
- date of death
- 1975-10-27
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- Category:Rex Stout
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- Rex Stout
- name in native language
- Rex Todhunter Stout
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Rex Todhunter Stout (/staʊt/; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) 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 39 novellas or short stories between 1934 and 1975, starting with Fer-de-Lance (1934).
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 as Best Mystery Writer of the Century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rex Stout” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.