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Rex Stout
Noblesville, Indiana, USA
Rex Todhunter Stout 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 featu…
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Rex Todhunter Stout 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 41 novellas and short stories, between 1934 and 1975. 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 Best Mystery Writer of the Century. In addition to writing fiction, Stout was a prominent public intellectual for decades. Stout was active in the early years of the American Civil Liberties Union and a founder of the Vanguard Press. He served as head of the Writers' War Board during World War II, became a radio celebrity through his numerous broadcasts, and was later active in promoting world federalism. He was the long-time president of the Authors Guild, during which he sought to benefit authors by lobbying for reform of the domestic and international copyright laws,[specify] and served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1959.
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2012
Nero Wolfe
TV show Novel
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2004
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
TV show Adaptation
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2002
Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
TV show Novel
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2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TV show Novel
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2000
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Movie Novel
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1992
Lady Against the Odds
Movie Novel
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1981
Nero Wolfe
TV show Creator
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1979
Nero Wolfe
Movie Novel
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1969
Nero Wolfe
TV show Novel
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1961
Zu viele Köche
TV show Novel
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1952
Omnibus
TV show Self
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1948
Critic at Large
TV show Himself - Creator of Nero Wolfe
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1939
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
Movie Himself - Guest Panelist
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1937
The League of Frightened Men
Movie Novel
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1934
The President Vanishes
Movie Novel
