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Dashiell Hammett

American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the 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.

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American writer (1894–1961)

Born 1894-05-27
Died 1961-01-10

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Photo of Dashiell Hammett

American writer (1894–1961)

Born 1894-05-27
Died 1961-01-10

Subjects

American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, Continental Op (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Private investigators, fiction, Sam Spade (Fictitious character), Continental op (fictitious character), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Nick Charles (Fictitious character), Nora Charles (Fictitious character), United states, fiction, Fiction in English, Short stories, American Short stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drama, Horror tales, American literature, Amerikanisches Englisch, Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, American

Places

United States, San Francisco (Calif.), California, San Francisco, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), 221B Baker Street, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Islands (Alaska), Bohemia, Calcutta, Charing Cross railway station, Church of St. Monica, Edgware Road, England, Estados Unidos, India, London, Paris, Scandinavia, Surrey, Warsaw

People

C. Auguste Dupin, Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen, Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), Godfrey Norton, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Irene Adler, John H. Watson, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran, Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein

Time

1888, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Dashiel Hammett
  • Samuel Dashiell Hammett
  • dashiell hammett

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January 13, 2026 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
August 1, 2025 Edited by WikidataBot [sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers
January 18, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
December 5, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import