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Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies. He also wrote four short stories in 1940 about a stage magician named Don Diavolo, who appears as a minor character in one of the novels featuring The Great Merlini. "Don Diavolo is a magician who perfects his tricks in a Greenwich Village basement where he is frequently visited by the harried Inspector Church of Homicide, either to arrest the Don for an impossible crime or to ask him to solve it."

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  • كلايتون روسون (بالإنجليزية: Clayton Rawson)‏ (15 أغسطس 1906، إليريا في الولايات المتحدة - 1971، مامارونيك في الولايات المتحدة)؛ كاتِب، سيناريست، رسام توضيحي وروائي أمريكي. درس في جامعة ولاية أوهايو. (ar)
  • Clayton Rawson (* 1906 in Elyria, Ohio; † 1971) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Illustrator. (de)
  • Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies. He also wrote four short stories in 1940 about a stage magician named Don Diavolo, who appears as a minor character in one of the novels featuring The Great Merlini. "Don Diavolo is a magician who perfects his tricks in a Greenwich Village basement where he is frequently visited by the harried Inspector Church of Homicide, either to arrest the Don for an impossible crime or to ask him to solve it." (en)
  • Clayton Rawson (Elyria, Ohio, 15 août 1906 - Mamaroneck, New York, 1er mars 1971) est un magicien professionnel, un éditeur et un écrivain américain de roman policier. (fr)
  • Clayton Rawson (Elyria, 15 agosto 1906 – Mamaroneck, 1º marzo 1971) è stato uno scrittore, editore e prestigiatore amatoriale statunitense, autore di alcuni romanzi gialli. (it)
  • クレイトン・ロースン(Clayton Rawson、1906年 - 1971年)は、アメリカ合衆国のオハイオ州エリリア生まれ。推理作家にして推理雑誌編集者。アマチュア奇術師でもある。別名スチュアート・タウン。 (ja)
  • Clayton Rawson, född 15 augusti 1906, död 1 mars 1971, var en amerikansk deckarförfattare, redaktör för deckartidningar och illusionist. Rawson var en deckarförfattare från den gyllene eran på 1930-talet tillsammans med bland andra Agatha Christie och Ellery Queen. Hans första bok Death in a Top Hat utkom 1938.. Rawsons variationer av främst det låsta rummets mysterium kan jämföras med John Dickson Carrs och de blev nära vänner och bytte ofta problem och lösningar med varandra. Rawsons problemlösare illusionisten Merlini, figurerar i fyra romaner och tolv noveller, och åtföljs i allmänhet av berättaren Max Harte och den argsinte poliskommissarien Homer Gavigan. Rawson skrev fyra långnoveller, under pseudonymen Stuart Towne, om en annan problemlösare, magikern Don Diavolo. En samling med dessa, samt fem andra noveller skrivna under samma pseudonym, utkom 2004 utgiven under Rawsons eget namn. (sv)
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  • كلايتون روسون (بالإنجليزية: Clayton Rawson)‏ (15 أغسطس 1906، إليريا في الولايات المتحدة - 1971، مامارونيك في الولايات المتحدة)؛ كاتِب، سيناريست، رسام توضيحي وروائي أمريكي. درس في جامعة ولاية أوهايو. (ar)
  • Clayton Rawson (* 1906 in Elyria, Ohio; † 1971) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Illustrator. (de)
  • Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies. He also wrote four short stories in 1940 about a stage magician named Don Diavolo, who appears as a minor character in one of the novels featuring The Great Merlini. "Don Diavolo is a magician who perfects his tricks in a Greenwich Village basement where he is frequently visited by the harried Inspector Church of Homicide, either to arrest the Don for an impossible crime or to ask him to solve it." (en)
  • Clayton Rawson (Elyria, Ohio, 15 août 1906 - Mamaroneck, New York, 1er mars 1971) est un magicien professionnel, un éditeur et un écrivain américain de roman policier. (fr)
  • Clayton Rawson (Elyria, 15 agosto 1906 – Mamaroneck, 1º marzo 1971) è stato uno scrittore, editore e prestigiatore amatoriale statunitense, autore di alcuni romanzi gialli. (it)
  • クレイトン・ロースン(Clayton Rawson、1906年 - 1971年)は、アメリカ合衆国のオハイオ州エリリア生まれ。推理作家にして推理雑誌編集者。アマチュア奇術師でもある。別名スチュアート・タウン。 (ja)
  • Clayton Rawson, född 15 augusti 1906, död 1 mars 1971, var en amerikansk deckarförfattare, redaktör för deckartidningar och illusionist. Rawson var en deckarförfattare från den gyllene eran på 1930-talet tillsammans med bland andra Agatha Christie och Ellery Queen. Hans första bok Death in a Top Hat utkom 1938.. Rawsons variationer av främst det låsta rummets mysterium kan jämföras med John Dickson Carrs och de blev nära vänner och bytte ofta problem och lösningar med varandra. (sv)
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  • Clayton Rawson (sv)
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