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January 10, 1961
Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (born 1894)
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett 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, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.