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Rex Stout was an American writer and detective story author who lived from 1886 to 1975. His literary output includes works such as *A Family Affair*, *Black Orchids*, *Not Quite Dead Enough*, and *The Silent Speaker*. The author has been associated with the mystery and audiobook genres.
Stout’s bibliography comprises 230 works according to Open Library records, while Crossref lists five of his works. His writings have been referenced in 334 other encyclopedia articles. An official website for Rex Stout is maintained at nerowolfe.org.
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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
- topic's main category
- Category:Rex Stout
- Commons category
- 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.