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Rex Stout

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).

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Genre
Detective fiction
Occupation
Writer
Born
Rex Todhunter Stout (1886-12-01)December 1, 1886 Noblesville, Indiana, United States
Branch
United States Navy
Children
2
Died
October 27, 1975(1975-10-27) (aged 88) Danbury, Connecticut, United States

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related to External links · 36
Rex Stout → Archived, Bibliography, Boston College, Burns Library, Daily Bleed Calendar, Day, December, FBI, Genius, Internet ArchiveWorks, Iowa State University, January, John, LibriVox, Mark Fullmer, McAleer, Nero Wolfe, Nero Wolfe Archived, Nero Wolfe SocietyMerely, November
related to Cultural references · 27
Rex Stout → Belgian, Brussels, Dashiell Hammett, Fear, France, Frightened Men, Gallimard, Georges Simenon, Harry Torczyner, He, Hegel, Heidegger, Ian Fleming's James Bond, It, Les, Magritte, Magritte's, Nazi, On Her Majesty's Secret, René Magritte
related to Awards and recognition · 26
Rex Stout → America, Best Mystery Series, Best Mystery Writer, Bouchercon XXXI, British, Century, Crime Writers' Association, Fame, Fer-de-Lance, Frightened Men, Grand Master Award, Hall, Howard Haycraft, In, In January, Murder, MWA's, Mystery Writers, Nero Wolfe, New York State Writers
related to Public activities · 24
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related to Writings · 18
Rex Stout → All-Story Magazine, By, Golfers Magazine, Great Depression, He, Home, Ironically, Justice Ends, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Short Stories, Smith's Magazine, Stout, Stout's, The, The Last Drive, The Smart Set, Wolfe, Young's Magazine
related to Rex Stout Archive · 13
Rex Stout → American, Boston College's, Burns Library, Ed Price, John, Judson, McAleer, Nero Wolfe's, Sapp, Stout, Stout's, The, The Rex Stout
Born · 1
Rex Stout → Rex Todhunter Stout (1886-12-01)December 1, 1886 Noblesville, Indiana, United States
Branch · 1
Rex Stout → United States Navy
Children · 1
Rex Stout → 2
Died · 1
Rex Stout → October 27, 1975(1975-10-27) (aged 88) Danbury, Connecticut, United States

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stout wolfe rex nero fiction also detective mystery writing stout's american books novels stories published wrote president 1975 first one

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Rex StoutBornRex Todhunter Stout (1886-12-01)December 1, 1886 Noblesville, Indiana, United States1.00infobox
Rex StoutBranchUnited States Navy1.00infobox
Rex StoutChildren21.00infobox
Rex StoutDiedOctober 27, 1975(1975-10-27) (aged 88) Danbury, Connecticut, United States1.00infobox
Rex StoutGenreDetective fiction1.00infobox
Rex StoutNotable worksNero Wolfe corpus 1934–19751.00infobox
Rex StoutOccupationWriter1.00infobox
Rex StoutService years1906–19081.00infobox
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Smith's Magazineinstance ofranging from literary publications0.80text
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine to pulp magazines like the All-Story Weekly.Stout invented a school banking system around 1916instance ofranging from literary publications0.80text
which he promoted with his brother Robertinstance ofranging from literary publications0.80text

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