Dashiell Hammett

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Dashiell Hammett was an American author and former detective best known for pioneering the hard-boiled crime genre with works such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man."

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Dashiell Hammett canonical 19
Hammett 3
Samuel Dashiell Hammett 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf detective fiction writer
hardboiled fiction writer
human
novelist
screenwriter
short story writer
activeYears 1920s–1950s
awardReceived Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
surface form: Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America)
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
causeOfDeath lung cancer
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
createdCharacter Nick Charles
Nora Charles
Sam Spade
The Continental Op
dateOfBirth 1894-05-27
dateOfDeath 1961-01-10
employer Pinkerton National Detective Agency
familyName Dashiell Hammett self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hammett
fullName Dashiell Hammett self-linksurface differs
surface form: Samuel Dashiell Hammett
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hardboiled fiction
givenName Dashiell Weinstein
surface form: Dashiell

Samuel
influenced American crime fiction
Mickey Spillane
Raymond Chandler
Ross Macdonald
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Communist Party USA
movement hardboiled school
nationality American
notableWork Red Harvest
The Dain Curse
The Glass Key (novel)
surface form: The Glass Key

The Maltese Falcon
The Thin Man
occupation author
private detective
screenwriter
soldier
partner Lillian Hellman
placeOfBirth St. Mary's County, Maryland
surface form: St. Mary’s County, Maryland, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
servedIn United States Army
subjectOf film adaptation of The Maltese Falcon (1941)
film series The Thin Man

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The Maltese Falcon author Dashiell Hammett
subject surface form: The Maltese Falcon (novel)
Lillian Hellman partner Dashiell Hammett
Sam Spade creator Dashiell Hammett
The Thin Man authorOfSourceWork Dashiell Hammett
Rian Johnson influencedBy Dashiell Hammett
The Glass Key (1942 film) author Dashiell Hammett
subject surface form: The Glass Key (novel)
Raymond Chandler influencedBy Dashiell Hammett
Louis P. Hammett familyName Dashiell Hammett
this entity surface form: Hammett
Robert B. Parker influencedBy Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett fullName Dashiell Hammett self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Samuel Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett familyName Dashiell Hammett self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hammett
Satan Met a Lady basedOnWorkAuthor Dashiell Hammett
Watch on the Rhine screenwriter Dashiell Hammett
Frederic Forrest notableWork Dashiell Hammett
this entity surface form: Hammett
Miles Archer createdBy Dashiell Hammett
Miles Archer authorOfWorkAppearedIn Dashiell Hammett
Brigid O’Shaughnessy createdBy Dashiell Hammett
Joel Cairo appearsInWorkBy Dashiell Hammett
Joel Cairo createdBy Dashiell Hammett
Casper Gutman createdBy Dashiell Hammett
The Adventures of Sam Spade basedOnWorkBy Dashiell Hammett