Artist · United States
“Secret Agent X-9”
Dashiell Hammett.
United States, 1894 to 1961
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (duh-SHEEL HAM-it; May 27, 1894, January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
Biodata
- Born
- 1894, Baltimore
- Died
- 1961, New York City
- Citizenship
- United States
- Active
- 1934
- Work
- screenwriter, writer, novelist, prose writer
Dashiell Hammett, in numbers
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