Rex Todhunter Stout (/sta?t/; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Stout is best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." The Nero Wolfe stories are narrated by Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin, who is presented as having recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair).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 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.
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Fact
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The creator of famous sleuth Nero Wolfe began his career as a writer of psychological novels. He was also a businessman. The Wall Street crash of 1929 forced him to recoup his losses by writing the financially more lucrative detective fiction.
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In 1958, 14th President of the Mystery Writers of America. In 1959, he received the MWA's Grand Master Award.
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President of the Authors Guild.
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At the Bouchercon 2000, he was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century and the Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century.
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While on the US Navy (1906-1908) he served as a yeoman on President Theodore Roosevelt's yacht.
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During WWII he was active in the Fight for Freedom organization and wrote anti-Nazi propaganda. He also coordinated the volunteer services of American writers to help the war effort.
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A longtime friend of P.G. Wodehouse (they both died in 1975). Wodehouse contributed the foreword to John McAleer's Edgar-winning "Rex Stout: A Biography".
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His novels were so carefully plotted that he never wrote a second draft.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nero Wolfe
2012
TV Series novel - 8 episodes
Podarok dlya Lili
2004
TV Movie novel "Black Orchids"
Poslednyaya volya Marko
2004
TV Movie novel "The Black Mountain"
Slishkom mnogo zhenshchin
2004
TV Movie novel "Too Many Women"
Tayna krasnoy shkatulki
2004
TV Movie novel "The Red Box"
Delo v shlyape
2002
TV Movie story "Disguise for Murder"
Voskresnut, chtoby umeret
2002
TV Movie story "Man Alive"
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
TV Series novella "The Silent Speaker" - 2 episodes, 2002 novella "Too Many Clients" - 2 episodes, 2002 novel "The Mother Hunt" - 2 episodes, 2002 novel "Death of a Doxy" - 2 episodes, 2002 novel "Over My Dead Body" - 2 episodes, 2001 novel "Prisoner's Base" - 2 episodes, 2001 novel "Champagne for One" - 2 episodes, 2001 novella "Immune to Murder" - 1 episode, 2002 novella "The Cop Killer" - 1 episode, 2002 novella "Help Wanted, Male" - 1 episode, 2002 novella "Before I Die" - 1 episode, 2002 no
Golos s togo sveta
2001
TV Movie story "The Silent Speaker"
Letayushchiy pistolet
2001
TV Movie story "Before I Die"
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000
TV Movie novel "The Golden Spiders"
Lady Against the Odds
1992
TV Movie novel "The Hand in the Glove"
Nero Wolfe
TV Series characters - 7 episodes, 1981 novella "Booby Trap" - 1 episode, 1981 novel "Death of a Doxy" - 1 episode, 1981 novel "Murder by the Book" - 1 episode, 1981 novel "In the Best Families" - 1 episode, 1981 novel "Might As Well Be Dead" - 1 episode, 1981 novella "Before I Die" - 1 episode, 1981 novel "The Doorbell Rang" - 1 episode, 1981 novel "The Golden Spiders" - 1 episode, 1981
Nero Wolfe
1979
TV Movie novel "The Doorbell Rang"
Nero Wolfe
1969-1971
TV Series novel - 10 episodes
Zu viele Köche
1961
TV Series novel "Too Many Cooks" - 5 episodes
The League of Frightened Men
1937
novel "The League of Frightened Men"
Meet Nero Wolfe
1936
novel "Fer-de-Lance"
The President Vanishes
1934
novel
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Omnibus
1956
TV Series
Himself
Critic at Large
1949
TV Series
Himself - Creator of Nero Wolfe
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
1939
Short
Himself - Guest Panelist
Known for movies
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002) as Writer
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) as Writer
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