Novelist Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

Living place: Maryland

Birthday: 27-5-1894

Global rank: #19072

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Who is Novelist Dashiell Hammett?
Author like popular detective novels like The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man and The Glass Key. He is best known for his legendary boiled detective protagonists, Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles.
His 1929 work, Red Harvest, was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He dropped out of school at age thirteen and worked for the National Pinkerton Detective Agency starting in 1915. He enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Army ambulance motor during World War I.

Family life info

He married Joesephine Dolan; The couple's two daughters, Mary Jane and Josephine, were born in 1921 and 1926. After their divorce, he had a high-profile relationship with author Nell Martin and playwright Lillian Hellman.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Dashiell Hammett?
He and Arthur Conan Doyle wrote both detective novels.

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When was Novelist Dashiell Hammett born?
Dashiell Hammett was born in 27-5-1894, death year is , at the age of 130.
Where is Novelist Dashiell Hammett's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Dashiell Hammett was born in Maryland, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Dashiell Hammett's global rank is 19072 and whose rank is 52 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1894 and 27-5

Birthday Dashiell Hammett (27-5) in history

  • Day 27-5 year 1647: Alice Young was hanged for witchcraft in the thirteen American colonies. It was the first recorded witch execution in the United States.
  • Day 27-5 year 1703: Tsar Peter, the Great of Russia, founded the city of Petersburg.
  • Day 27-5 year 1936: The Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage, arriving in France four hours later.
  • Day 27-5 year 1937: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.
  • Day 27-5 year 1941: British ships sank the German battleship Bismarck off the coast of France, resulting in the loss of 2,300 lives.
  • Day 27-5 year 1994: Nobel-prize winning dissident, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile.
  • Day 27-5 year 1996: After a year and a half of bloodshed, Russian President Boris Yeltsin met with the leader of the Chechen rebels and negotiated a cease-fire.
  • Day 27-5 year 1999: Slobodan Milosevic was indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague for crimes against humanity.
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