Editing Rex Stout (section)

==Reception and influence==
[[Image:Rex Stout 1973.jpg|right|thumb|Rex Stout in 1973]]
{{blockquote|If he had done nothing more than to create Archie Goodwin, Rex Stout would deserve the gratitude of whatever assessors watch over the prosperity of American literature. For surely Archie is one of the folk heroes in which the modern American temper can see itself transfigured.|[[Jacques Barzun]]<ref>''A Birthday Tribute to Rex Stout'', The Viking Press, 1965; reprinted by permission in ''The Rex Stout Journal'', number 2, Spring 1985, pp. 4–9</ref>}}

===Awards and recognition===
* In his seminal 1941 work, ''Murder for Pleasure'', crime fiction historian Howard Haycraft included the first two Nero Wolfe novels, ''[[Fer-de-Lance (novel)|Fer-de-Lance]]'' and ''[[The League of Frightened Men]]'', in his list of the most influential works of mystery fiction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/haycraftqueen.htm |title=Haycraft Queen Cornerstones Complete Checklist |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Classic Crime Fiction.com |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref>
* In 1958, Rex Stout became the 14th president of the [[Mystery Writers of America]].<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|428}}
* In 1959, Stout received the MWA's prestigious Grand Master Award, which represents the pinnacle of achievement in the mystery field.<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|429}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theedgars.com/awards/ |title=Edgars Database |website=[[Edgar Award|The Edgar Awards]] |publisher=[[Mystery Writers of America]] |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-date=2020-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731232503/http://theedgars.com/awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In January 1969, the [[Crime Writers' Association]] selected Stout as recipient of its Silver Dagger Award for ''[[The Father Hunt]]'', which it named "the best crime novel by a non-British author in 1969."<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|499}}
* The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at the [[Bouchercon XXXI]] mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.<ref name="Walker">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Tom |date=September 10, 2000 |title=Mystery writers shine light on best: Bouchercon 2000 convention honors authors |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] }}</ref>{{efn|The other four nominees for Mystery Writer of the Century at [[Bouchercon XXXI]] were [[Raymond Chandler]], [[Agatha Christie]], [[Dashiell Hammett]] and [[Dorothy Sayers]]. Christie received the award, and Christie's Hercule Poirot was named Best Mystery Series of the Century.<ref name="Walker"/>}}
* In 2014, Rex Stout was selected to the [[New York State Writers Hall of Fame]].

===Cultural references===
"A number of the paintings of [[René Magritte]] (1898–1967), the internationally famous Belgian painter, are named after titles of books by Rex Stout," wrote Harry Torczyner, Magritte's attorney and friend.<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|578}}{{efn|McAleer quotes a letter dated May 24, 1974, that he received from Torczyner, a New York collector who was also [[Georges Simenon]]'s attorney.}}{{efn|"We know the importance granted to the words by Magritte in his paintings and we know the impact that literary works such as [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe]]'s, Rex Stout's or [[Stéphane Mallarmé|Mallarmé]]'s had on him," wrote the [[Magritte Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.magrittemuseum.be/code/en/main2_3.htm |title=The Brussels Surrealist Group |publisher=[[Magritte Museum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125000329/http://magrittemuseum.be/code/en/main2_3.htm |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref>}} "He read Hegel, Heidegger and Sartre, as well as [[Dashiell Hammett]], Rex Stout and [[Georges Simenon]]," the ''[[Times Higher Education]] Supplement'' wrote of Magritte. "Some of his best titles were 'found' in this way."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Danchev |first=Alex |date=June 30, 2011 |title=Canny Resemblance |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=416652&sectioncode=26 |journal=Times Higher Education Supplement |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref> Magritte's 1942 painting ''Les compagnons de la peur'' ("The Companions of Fear") bears the title given to ''[[The League of Frightened Men]]'' (1935) when it was published in France by [[Éditions Gallimard|Gallimard]] (1939). It is one of Magritte's series of "leaf-bird" paintings, created during the Nazi occupation of Brussels. It depicts a stormy, mountainous landscape in which a cluster of plants has metamorphosed into a group of vigilant owls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mattesonart.com/1931-1942-brussels--pre-war-years.aspx |title=Rene Magritte Gallery, 1931–1942 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Matteson Art |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref>

Stout is also mentioned in Ian Fleming's James Bond book ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1963).{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

===Rex Stout Archive===
The archival papers of Rex Stout anchor [[Boston College]]'s collection of American detective fiction.<ref name="Burns Library Special Collections Listing 2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/ulib/protof/port/coll-special2.html#detective |title=Special Collections Listing |date=April 25, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015044500/http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/ulib/protof/port/coll-special2.html |archive-date=October 15, 2013}}</ref> The Rex Stout papers were donated to the [[Burns Library]] by the Stout family in 1980 and includes manuscripts, correspondence, legal papers, personal papers, publishing contracts, photographs, and ephemera.<ref name="Burns Library Rex Stout papers">{{cite web |title=Collection: Rex Stout papers |website=Burns Library Archival Collections |date=1975-10-27 |url=https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/94 |access-date=2025-02-06}}</ref> The collection also includes first editions, international editions, and archived reprints of Stout's books, as well as volumes from Stout's personal library.<ref name="Burns Library Rex Stout papers"/>

The comprehensive archive at Burns Library also includes the extensive research files of Stout's official biographer John J. McAleer,<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection: John J. McAleer faculty papers |website=Burns Library Archival Collections |date=1923-08-29 |url=https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/20 |access-date=2025-02-06}}</ref> the Rex Stout collection of bibliographer Judson C. Sapp,<ref>{{cite web |title=Sapp, Judson C., 1972 |website=Burns Library Archival Collections |date=2025-02-06 |url=https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/10416 |access-date=2025-02-06}}</ref> and a collection of Nero Wolfe's magazine appearances donated by Ed Price.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection: Ed Price collection of Rex Stout |website=Burns Library Archival Collections |url=https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/436 |access-date=2025-02-06}}</ref><ref name="Burns Library Special Collections Listing 2000"/>