Robert Brown Parker
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Robert Brown Parker was an American crime fiction author best known for his Spenser detective novels, which helped revitalize the hard-boiled genre in the late 20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Brown Parker canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in English literature ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Edgar Award
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Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-09-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-01-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Boston University
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Colby College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Northeastern University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Jesse Stone (fictional character)
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Spenser (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunny Randall (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | modern hard-boiled crime fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dashiell Hammett
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Raymond Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | hard-boiled detective fiction ⓘ |
| name | Robert Brown Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Savage Place
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Appaloosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Autumn NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesse Stone series NERFINISHED ⓘ Looking for Rachel Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ Promised Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Spenser series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunny Randall series NERFINISHED ⓘ The Godwulf Manuscript NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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professor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Springfield, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan H. Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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