Rex Stout

Career overview

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Synopsis: Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer of detective fiction. Best-known characters: Nero Wolfe (detective) and Archie Goodwin (assistant). Featured in 33 novels, 41 novellas, and short stories between 1934 and 1975. Received Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1959. Nero Wolfe corpus nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon XXXI. Rex Stout nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. Prominent public intellectual. Active in early years of American Civil Liberties Union.
Source [1]: Birthday: December 1, 1886. Death: October 27, 1975 (88 years old). Place of Birth: Noblesville, Indiana, USA. Known for writing.
Source [2]: "Christmas Party" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella. First published as "The Christmas-Party Murder" in the January 4, 1957, issue of Collier's magazine. First appeared in book form in the collection And Four to Go, published by Viking Press in 1958.
Source [3]: Elliott Lewis (voice actor) gave voice to Archie Goodwin on radio.
Source [4]: Links to other sites (not useful for biographical facts).
Paragraph 1: Identity and Characters.
Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer of detective fiction born in Noblesville, Indiana, on December 1, 1886. He is best known for creating the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. These characters were featured in 33 novels and 41 novellas and short stories published between 1934 and 1975. One such novella, titled Christmas Party, was originally published as The Christmas-Party Murder in the January 4, 1957, issue of Collier's magazine. It later appeared in the 1958 Viking Press short-story collection And Four to Go. The character of Archie Goodwin was voiced by radio actor Elliott Lewis.
Paragraph 2: Awards and Legacy.
Stout's work received significant recognition, including the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1959. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated for Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon XXXI, and Rex Stout himself was nominated for Best Mystery Writer of the Century. Beyond his fiction, Stout was a prominent public intellectual for several decades and was active in the early years of the American Civil Liberties Union. He died on October 27, 1975, at the age of 88.
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Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer of detective fiction born in Noblesville, Indiana, on December 1, 1886. He is best known for his characters Nero Wolfe, a detective, and his assistant Archie Goodwin. These characters appeared in 33 novels as well as 41 novellas and short stories between 1934 and 1975. One example of his work is the Nero Wolfe mystery novella Christmas Party, which was first published as The Christmas-Party Murder in the January 4, 1957, issue of Collier's magazine. This story later appeared in the book And Four to Go, published by Viking Press in 1958. The character of Archie Goodwin was voiced