Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)
Auteur de Le Faucon de Malte
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Dashiell Hammett
The Dain Curse / The Thin Man / The Glass Key / Red Harvest / The Maltese Falcon (1965) 2,236 exemplaires, 29 critiques
Return of the Thin Man: Two never-before-published novellas featuring Nick & Nora Charles (2012) 287 exemplaires, 22 critiques
The Glass Key / The Thin Man 23 exemplaires
Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 17 exemplaires
The Dain Curse / The Thin Man / The Glass Key / Red Harvest / The Maltese Falcon / Selected Stories (1952) 16 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Early Years, Volume 1 (2016) 14 exemplaires, 1 critique
Who Killed Bob Teal? and Other Detective Stories by Dashiell Hammett (Civitas Library Classics) (2012) 8 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Detective Megapack: 30 Modern and Classic Tales of Mystery and Detection (2013) 7 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Capture of Attu : tales of World War II in Alaska, as told by the men who fought there (1984) 7 exemplaires
The Dashiell Hammett story omnibus 7 exemplaires
The Maltese Falcon / The Big Sleep 6 exemplaires
Het verschroeide gezicht 5 exemplaires
Afraid of a Gun [short story] 5 exemplaires
Todos los casos del agente de la Continental: Cosecha roja; La maldición de los Dain; El agente de la Continental (2012) 5 exemplaires
Tulip 3 exemplaires
Modern Tales of Horror 3 exemplaires
A Man Named Thin [short story] 3 exemplaires
Dashiell Hammett Combo: The Glass Key, The Thin Man, Red Harvest, The Adventures Of Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon, The… 2 exemplaires
Cuentos policiales de la serie negra 2 exemplaires
The Complete Dashiell Hammett 2 exemplaires
Hammett Creeping Siamese 2 exemplaires
The Complete Works of Dashiell Hammett 2 exemplaires
Skleněný klíč 2 exemplaires
La casa de la Calle del Turco 2 exemplaires
Piombo e sangue 2 exemplaires
The Novels of Dashell Hammett 2 exemplaires
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective, Volume 1 [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) (2010) 2 exemplaires, 1 critique
One Hour [short story] 2 exemplaires
Critical Author Caper, The 1 exemplaire
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 exemplaire
The Blue Beard Caper 1 exemplaire
Wheel of Life Caper, The 1 exemplaire
The Bail Bond Caper 1 exemplaire
The Lawless Caper 1 exemplaire
Estranha maldição, A 1 exemplaire
The Dashiell Hammett OMNIBUS 1 exemplaire
OBRA SELECTA 1 exemplaire
Classic Crime 2: The Thin Man, The Innocence of Father Brown & The Face On the Cutting-Room Floor 1 exemplaire
The Centennial Op 1 exemplaire
Club del Misterio, volum 5 1 exemplaire
Un sale Bled 1 exemplaire
Rushlight Diamond Caper, The 1 exemplaire
Sam Spade: The Battles of Belvedere 1 exemplaire
CHEIA DE STICLA 1 exemplaire
The Thin Man / The Maltese Falcon / The Dain Curse 1 exemplaire
Prodigal Daughter Caper, The 1 exemplaire
Stopped Watch Caper, The 1 exemplaire
The Apple of Eve Caper 1 exemplaire
The Adam Figg Caper 1 exemplaire
UN OM SUBTIRE 1 exemplaire
La maldición de los Dain 1 exemplaire
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 4 1 exemplaire
Carré noir : réédition de la Série noire 1 exemplaire
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 3 1 exemplaire
Relatos 1 exemplaire
Relatos de verano - serie negra 1 exemplaire
S. D. Hammett Novelas Escogidas 1 exemplaire
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 2 1 exemplaire
THE CONTINENTAL OP 1 exemplaire
The Battles of Belvedere 1 exemplaire
Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail Caper, The 1 exemplaire
The Bow Window Caper 1 exemplaire
Hot Hundred Grand Caper, The 1 exemplaire
Sam and the Psyche 1 exemplaire
Mad Scientist Caper, The 1 exemplaire
The Death Bed Caper 1 exemplaire
Dry Martini Caper, The 1 exemplaire
Lazarus Caper, The 1 exemplaire
The Champion Caper 1 exemplaire
Dick Foley Caper, The 1 exemplaire
The Farmer's Daughter Caper 1 exemplaire
The Bouncing Betty Caper 1 exemplaire
Subject: Edith Hamilton 1 exemplaire
Quarter Eagle Caper, The 1 exemplaire
Missing Newshawk Caper, The 1 exemplaire
Vaphio Cup Caper, The 1 exemplaire
The Sugar Kane Caper 1 exemplaire
ROMANZI 1 exemplaire
Adventures of Sam Spade Vol. 5 1 exemplaire
The Thin Man and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Two Sharp Knives [short story] 1 exemplaire
Obras Completas 1 exemplaire
Faith 1 exemplaire
Lejd att mörda 1 exemplaire
Tom, Dick, or Harry [short story] 1 exemplaire
Hammett Dashiell 1 exemplaire
Mike Alec Or Rufus 1 exemplaire
Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man': A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary (2009) 1 exemplaire
Sämtliche Werke in 10 Bänden 1 exemplaire
from The Maltese Falcon (in Detective Fiction: C&C) 1 exemplaire
Död man talar 1 exemplaire
New Hammett 1 exemplaire
Il falco maltese - LE STRADE DEL GIALLO N.36 1 exemplaire
Radio Adventures of Sam Spade, The 1 exemplaire
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Volume 1 1 exemplaire
The Maltese Falcon, an Introduction (The Big Read) 1 exemplaire
Tutto Dashiell Hammett: l'uomo ombra-il falcone maltese-piombo e sangue-il bacio della violenza-la chiave di vetro 1 exemplaire
Omnibus 1 exemplaire
Matrimonio d’amore 1 exemplaire
Der Malteser Falke. Der Dünne Mann (ex libris) 1 exemplaire
The Glass Key / The Thin Man / Red Harvest / The Adventures of Sam Spade / The Maltese Falcon / The Dain Curse 1 exemplaire
Club del Misterio numero 001: Cosecha roja 1 exemplaire
The Thin Man / The Adventures of Sam Spade / The Glass Key / The Maltese Falcon / Red Harvest 1 exemplaire
By Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon [Hardcover] 1 exemplaire
ESTRANHA MALDIÇÃO 1 exemplaire
O homem sombra 1 exemplaire
The Tenth Clew and Other Continental Op Stories 1 exemplaire
The Essential Noir Bundle 1 exemplaire
Inlåsta bevis 1 exemplaire
1991 1 exemplaire
Lep na muchy 1 exemplaire
The Parthian Shot 1 exemplaire
Obras completas I y II 1 exemplaire
Delphi Complete Works of Dashiell Hammett 1 exemplaire
Estranha Maldição 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Hammett, Dashiell
- Nom légal
- Hammett, Samuel Dashiell
- Date de naissance
- 1894-05-27
- Date de décès
- 1961-01-10
- Lieu de sépulture
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- St. Mary's County, Maryland
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- lung cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA (death)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Professions
- writer
- Relations
- Hellman, Lillian (partner)
Hammett, Jo (daughter)
Martin, Nell (lover)
Rivett, Julie M. (granddaughter) - Organisations
- Civil Rights Congress
American Communist Party
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
League of American Writers
United States Army (WWI ∙ WWII)
Membres
Discussions
November 2014: Dashiell Hammett à Monthly Author Reads (Décembre 2014)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 302
- Aussi par
- 69
- Membres
- 29,252
- Popularité
- #684
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 799
- ISBN
- 797
- Langues
- 26
- Favoris
- 151