Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)
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Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born on May 27, 1894 in St Mary's County, Maryland. Raised in Baltimore and Philadelphia, he attended Baltimore Polytechnic until he was 13 years old, but was forced to drop out and work a series of jobs to help support his family. At the age of 21 Hammett was hired by mostra altro the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as an operative. After a stint in the United States Army during World War II, he married a nurse named Josephine Annas Dolan, whom he met when he fell ill with tuberculosis. In 1922, Hammett began writing for Black Mask magazine. Using his background in detective work, he created the tough guy detective characters Sam Spade and the Continental Op, as well as debonair sleuths Nick and Nora Charles. By 1927, Hammett had written the Poisonville series, which later became the novel Red Harvest. He wrote more than 85 short stories and five novels during his lifetime. The novels include The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, The Thin Man, and The Maltese Falcon, which was later adapted into a classic movie starring Humphrey Bogart. He also wrote an autobiography entitled Beams Falling: The Art of Dashiell Hammett. After his marriage faltered in the late 1920s, Hammett met Lillian Hellman, then a married 24-year-old aspiring playwright. In 1930, Hellman left her husband for Hammett. Eventually they both divorced their spouses and, although the two never married, they remained together until Hammett's death on January 10, 1961. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Dashiell Hammett
Return of the Thin Man: Two never-before-published novellas featuring Nick & Nora Charles (2012) 285 copie
The Glass Key / The Thin Man 23 copie
Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 16 copie
The Thin Man/The Maltese Falcon/The Glass Key/The Dain Curse/Red Harvest/Selected Stories (1950) 15 copie
Arson Plus and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Early Years, Volume 1 (The Complete… (2016) 14 copie
It and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Early Years, Volume 2 (The Complete Continental… (2016) 11 copie
Creeping Siamese and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 1 (The Complete… (2016) 10 copie
The Golden Horseshoe and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 1 (The… (2016) 9 copie
The Main Death and This King Business: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 2 (The… (2016) 8 copie
Who Killed Bob Teal? and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 2 (2016) 8 copie
Corkscrew and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 3 (The Complete… (2016) 8 copie
Who Killed Bob Teal? and Other Detective Stories by Dashiell Hammett (Civitas Library Classics) (2012) 8 copie
The Capture of Attu : tales of World War II in Alaska, as told by the men who fought there (1984) 7 copie
Fly Paper and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 3 (The Complete… (2016) 7 copie
Todos los casos del agente de la Continental: Cosecha roja; La maldición de los Dain; El agente de la Continental (2012) 5 copie
Het verschroeide gezicht 5 copie
Afraid of a Gun [Short story] 5 copie
Breakdown and Other Thrillers — A cura di — 4 copie
A Man Named Thin [short story] 3 copie
Modern Tales of Horror 3 copie
DH-The Maltese Falcon 3 copie
Bodies Piled Up [Short story] 3 copie
Tulip 3 copie
The Scorched Face — Autore — 3 copie
La casa de la Calle del Turco 2 copie
Hammett Creeping Siamese 2 copie
The Novels of Dashell Hammett 2 copie
This King Business [short story] 2 copie
The Whosis Kid [short story] 2 copie
Piombo e sangue 2 copie
One Hour [short story] 2 copie
The Complete Dashiell Hammett 2 copie
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective, Volume 1 [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) (2010) 2 copie
Skleněný klíč 2 copie
Bail Bond Caper, The 1 copia
Blue Beard Caper, The 1 copia
The Centennial Op 1 copia
Wheel of Life Caper, The 1 copia
The Dashiell Hammett OMNIBUS 1 copia
Lawless Caper, The 1 copia
ROMANZI 1 copia
Un sale Bled 1 copia
The Red Brain 1 copia
A Ferradura Dourada 1 copia
CHEIA DE STICLA 1 copia
OBRA SELECTA 1 copia
Classic Crime 2: The Thin Man, The Innocence of Father Brown & The Face On the Cutting-Room Floor 1 copia
Prodigal Daughter Caper, The 1 copia
Critical Author Caper, The 1 copia
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 copia
Rushlight Diamond Caper, The 1 copia
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 2 1 copia
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 3 1 copia
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 4 1 copia
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 5 1 copia
UN OM SUBTIRE 1 copia
Estranha maldição, A 1 copia
Relatos 1 copia
Battles of Belvedere, The 1 copia
Relatos de verano - serie negra 1 copia
Cuentos de la serie negra 1 copia
S. D. Hammett Novelas Escogidas 1 copia
Club del Misterio, volum 5 1 copia
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 1 1 copia
Apple of Eve Caper, The 1 copia
Farmer's Daughter Caper, The 1 copia
Sam and the Psyche 1 copia
Death Bed Caper, The 1 copia
Dry Martini Caper, The 1 copia
Lazarus Caper, The 1 copia
Champion Caper, The 1 copia
Stopped Watch Caper, The 1 copia
Dick Foley Caper, The 1 copia
Mad Scientist Caper, The 1 copia
Bow Window Caper, The 1 copia
Bouncing Betty Caper, The 1 copia
Quarter Eagle Caper, The 1 copia
Missing Newshawk Caper, The 1 copia
Vaphio Cup Caper, The 1 copia
Sugar Kane Caper, The 1 copia
Hot Hundred Grand Caper, The 1 copia
The Adam Figg Caper 1 copia
El halcon maltés 1 copia
Obras Completas 1 copia
Two Sharp Knives [short story] 1 copia
Sämtliche Werke in 10 Bänden 1 copia
Lejd att mörda 1 copia
Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man': A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary (2009) 1 copia
The Judge Laughed Last 1 copia
The Thin Man and Other Stories 1 copia
Faith 1 copia
Mike Alec Or Rufus 1 copia
Night Shade 1 copia
Aquel asunto del Rey 1 copia
Hammett Dashiell 1 copia
Corkscrew [short story] 1 copia
Antología de relatos 1 copia
Död man talar 1 copia
New Hammett 1 copia
O homem sombra 1 copia
The Thin Man 1 copia
Omnibus 1 copia
BLACK MASK: ARSON PLUS 1 copia
Thin Man 03: Another Thin Man 1 copia
Matrimonio d’amore 1 copia
The Maltese Falcon 1 copia
The Essential Noir Bundle 1 copia
1991 1 copia
Lep na muchy 1 copia
The Parthian Shot 1 copia
Inlåsta bevis 1 copia
Obras completas I y II 1 copia
Estranha Maldição 1 copia
Opere correlate
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Collaboratore — 358 copie
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Collaboratore — 147 copie
Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New (1992) — Collaboratore — 57 copie
The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983) — Collaboratore — 49 copie
Murder Plus: True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction (1958) — Collaboratore — 44 copie
Antología del relato policial, aula de literatura, Bachillerato. Material auxiliar (1992) — Collaboratore — 40 copie
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine (Black Mask Stories) (2011) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 2: From Salome to Edgar Allan Poe to The Silence of the Lambs (2021) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
Black Mask Audio Magazine, Vol. 1: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask (Hollywood Theater of the… (2008) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Classic Crime Stories: 13 Tales from Edgar Allan Poe to Lawrence Block (2007) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Appendici in giallo 1 (racconti) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Hammett, Dashiell
- Nome legale
- Hammett, Samuel Dashiell
- Data di nascita
- 1894-05-27
- Data di morte
- 1961-01-10
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- St. Mary's County, Maryland
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- lung cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA (death)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Attività lavorative
- writer
- Relazioni
- Hellman, Lillian (partner)
Hammett, Jo (daughter)
Martin, Nell (lover)
Rivett, Julie M. (granddaughter) - Organizzazioni
- Civil Rights Congress
American Communist Party
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
League of American Writers
United States Army (WWI ∙ WWII)
Utenti
Discussioni
November 2014: Dashiell Hammett in Monthly Author Reads (Dicembre 2014)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 317
- Opere correlate
- 66
- Utenti
- 28,888
- Popolarità
- #694
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 804
- ISBN
- 797
- Lingue
- 26
- Preferito da
- 151