Dashiell Hammett

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:The_Thin_Man_(film_series)
gptkb:The_Thin_Man_Goes_Home
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon_(film)
gptkb:The_Thin_Man_(film)
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon_(1931_film)
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon_(1941_film)
gptkb:Red_Harvest_(film)
gptkb:The_Dain_Curse_(1978_miniseries)
gptkb:The_Glass_Key_(1942_film)
gptkb:The_Thin_Man_(1934_film)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945 film)
The Glass Key (film)
The Maltese Falcon (TV series)
The Dain Curse (miniseries)
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:The_Thin_Man_(film_series)
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon_(film)
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon_(1941_film)
gptkb:Red_Harvest_(film)
gptkb:The_Thin_Man_(1934_film)
The Glass Key (film)
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:television_series
gptkb:Films
Stage plays
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Communist_Party_USA
gptkbp:alias gptkb:D._Hammett
gptkb:Peter_Collinson
D. H.
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:The_Glass_Key
gptkb:The_Dain_Curse
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon_(film)
gptkb:The_Thin_Man_(film)
gptkbp:associated_acts gptkb:The_Continental_Op
gptkb:Sam_Spade
gptkb:Nick_Charles
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Hardboiled_genre
gptkb:Hollywood
gptkb:Black_Mask_Magazine
gptkb:The_Black_Mask_magazine
Hardboiled fiction
gptkbp:awarded_to gptkb:The_O._Henry_Award
gptkbp:awards gptkb:award
gptkb:O._Henry_Award
gptkb:Dashiell_Hammett_Prize
gptkbp:biography Dashiell Hammett: A Life
gptkbp:birth_date 1894-05-27
gptkbp:born May 27, 1894
gptkbp:born_in 1894
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children Mary Jane Hammett
Mary Hammett
gptkbp:collection gptkb:The_Collected_Stories_of_Dashiell_Hammett
gptkb:The_Complete_Novels_of_Dashiell_Hammett
gptkbp:contains_star gptkb:Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:San_Francisco
gptkbp:death_date 1961-01-10
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:died January 10, 1961
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:1961
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:Loyola_College
gptkb:Lone_Mountain_College
gptkbp:genre gptkb:horror_genre
gptkb:detective_fiction
Crime fiction
Detective fiction
Detective Fiction
gptkbp:has_inspired Numerous authors
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dashiell Hammett
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Simon
gptkb:Ian_Rankin
gptkb:Karin_Slaughter
gptkb:Sara_Paretsky
gptkb:Film_noir
gptkb:Tess_Gerritsen
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:John_Grisham
gptkb:Raymond_Chandler
gptkb:Elmore_Leonard
gptkb:Michael_Connelly
gptkb:James_M._Cain
gptkb:Lee_Child
gptkb:James_Ellroy
gptkb:Peter_Robinson
gptkb:Robert_Crais
gptkb:Stephen_King
gptkb:Dennis_Lehane
gptkb:Jim_Thompson
gptkb:Harlan_Coben
gptkb:Robert_B._Parker
gptkb:Tana_French
gptkb:Don_Winslow
gptkb:Gillian_Flynn
gptkb:Patricia_Highsmith
gptkb:Graham_Greene
gptkb:Laura_Lippman
gptkb:Richard_Stark
gptkb:Philip_Marlowe
gptkb:Mike_Hammer
gptkb:Michael_Robotham
gptkb:Walter_Mosley
gptkb:Louise_Penny
gptkb:C._J._Box
gptkb:Val_Mc_Dermid
gptkb:Cornell_Woolrich
gptkb:detective_fiction
gptkb:popular_culture
gptkb:Jo_Nesbø
gptkb:S._J._Watson
American literature
Literary modernism
film noir
literary modernism
Mystery genre
Hardboiled fiction
Crime genre
Detective genre
Detective fiction genre
crime film genre
detective genre conventions
Hard-boiled genre
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Arthur_Conan_Doyle
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:The_Algonquin_Round_Table
gptkbp:is_associated_with hard-boiled genre
The detective genre
gptkbp:is_cited_in Writing courses
gptkbp:is_featured_in Literary anthologies
gptkbp:is_from gptkb:Maryland
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:The_Continental_Op
gptkb:Sam_Spade
gptkb:Nick_Charles
gptkb:Joe_Coughlin
gptkb:Brigid_O'_Shaughnessy
gptkb:Clyde_Wynant
gptkb:Effie_Perine
gptkb:Nora_Charles
Hard-boiled detective fiction
hard-boiled detective fiction
gptkbp:is_known_for_his_portrayal_of gptkb:crime
Detectives
Society's underbelly
gptkbp:is_often_compared_to gptkb:Agatha_Christie
gptkb:Arthur_Conan_Doyle
gptkbp:is_referenced_in Popular culture
gptkbp:is_remembered_for Influencing modern crime fiction
gptkbp:is_studied_in Literary criticism
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Hard-Boiled_Fiction
Hard-boiled detective fiction
Complex characters
Social commentary in writing
hard-boiled detective fiction
hard-boiled detective fiction.
Hardboiled detective stories
Realism in crime fiction
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Realism
gptkb:Modernism
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_awards gptkb:Mystery_Writers_of_America_Grand_Master_Award
gptkb:National_Book_Award
gptkbp:notable_character gptkb:The_Continental_Op
gptkb:Sam_Spade
gptkb:Nick_Charles
gptkb:Continental_Op
gptkbp:notable_characters gptkb:The_Continental_Op
gptkb:Sam_Spade
gptkb:Nick_Charles
gptkb:Catherine_
gptkb:Holly_Martins
Dane
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Minimalism
gptkb:Realism
realism
minimalism
dialogue-driven narratives
gptkbp:notable_production gptkb:Sam_Spade
gptkb:Nick_Charles
gptkb:Continental_Op
gptkbp:notable_quote “ I’m not sure I’m going to be able to do this.”
“ The stuff that dreams are made of.”
“ There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
“ You can’t tell a book by its cover.”
“ The man who is not a liberal at twenty is a fool.”
gptkbp:notable_themes gptkb:corruption
Social Commentary
Moral Ambiguity
Detective Work
Crime and Justice
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Thin_Man
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon
gptkb:The_Glass_Key
gptkb:Red_Harvest
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:The_Thin_Man
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon
gptkb:The_Glass_Key
gptkb:Red_Harvest
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:St._Mary's_County,_Maryland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:Mystery_Writers_of_America_Grand_Master
gptkb:Grand_Master_Award
gptkb:PEN_Center_USA_Literary_Award
gptkb:Mystery_Writers_of_America_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:National_Book_Award
gptkbp:received gptkb:The_Edgar_Award
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:spouse Josephine Dolan
Josephine Hammett
Joan Hammett
gptkbp:style Complex plots
Sparse prose
Realistic dialogue
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Violence
gptkb:corruption
Moral ambiguity
gptkbp:was_a_pioneer_in Noir fiction
gptkbp:was_a_private_investigator_for gptkb:Pinkerton_National_Detective_Agency
gptkbp:was_a_screenwriter_for Hollywood films
gptkbp:website dashiellhammett.com
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Thin_Man
gptkb:The_Continental_Op
gptkb:The_Return_of_the_Continental_Op
gptkb:The_Maltese_Falcon
gptkb:The_Glass_Key
gptkb:The_Big_Knockover
gptkb:The_Dain_Curse
gptkb:The_Secret_Agent
gptkb:The_Big_Sleep
gptkb:Red_Harvest
The Scorpion's Tail
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lillian_Hellman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3