Trivia,who intoduced mystery fictions first fictional detective?

Answer 1

Edgar Allen Poe did with "Murders in the Rue Morgue" published in 1841.

Answer 2

I nominate the unknown writer of the story of "Bel & the Dragon" in the Apocrypha, a group of stories which are included in some editions of the Bible.

In this story, a large Babylonian statue of the deity Bel is said to mysteriously consume food left for it every night by the common people. However, the Jewish prophet Daniel sprinkles flour on the floor of the temple where the statue sits: and the next morning, the footprints of the Babylonian priests of the temple can be seen crossing the floor to where the sacrific was left and returning to their quarters. Thus Daniel "solves the mystery" of the statue's previously assumed miraculous consumption of the sacrifices.

This story obviously originated long before Poe, Doyle, etc.; but you could argue that the fact that the author isn't known disqualifies it; ditto with the issue of whether Daniel is a fictional character. Aside from those potential caveats, it's a classic mystery story.

Answer 3

Edgar Allen Poe gets the credit for writing the first detective short story and introducing the first fictional detective. His character, Auguste Dupin appears in "The Purloined Letter", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and in "The Mystery of Marie Roget". Dupin solved problems using what Poe called "ratiocination" or pure logic. Dupin was the model for Sherlock Holmes and later, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot.

Answer 4

The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1794), written by English philosopher William Godwin, a very early detective story's predecessors.

one of the most important developments in detective fiction was the Mémoires of François Eugène Vidocq of France. in 1828.

Edgar Allan Poe wrote five short narratives in which he originated almost every significant principle used by detective story writers for more than a century afterward. Poe called them tales of ratiocination (reasoning).
'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' (1841), which was the very first in a respected tradition of so-called locked-room cases, where the crime takes place in a seemingly impossible location;
'The Gold Bug' (1843), ancestor of hundreds of stories dependent on the solution of a coded message; and

'The Mystery of Marie Rogét' (1842-1843), an essay in armchair detection. They continue with 'Thou Art the Man' (1844), which reveals the most unlikely person as the murderer and is the first comic detective story; and

'The Purloined Letter' (1845), presents the theory that when all other possibilities have been discarded, the one remaining, however apparently improbable, must be correct.

But for an actual single detective in fiction my vote would always be Sherlock himself :o)

Answer 5

Edgar Allen Poe is generally considered the "Father'' of crime mystery writing. His story Murders in the Rue Morgue is considered the first mystery story published. His detective was named Dupin.

Quote from http://www.mysterynet.com/edgar-allan-poe/murders-in-the-rue-morgue.shtml

"Mystery and crime stories as we know them today did not emerge until the mid-nineteenth century when Edgar Allan Poe introduced mystery fiction's first fictional detective, Auguste C. Dupin, in his 1841 story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." The acknowledged father of the mystery story, Poe continued Dupin's exploits in novels such as The Mystery of Marie Roget (1842) and The Purloined Letter (1845)."

Answer 6

Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes?

Answer 7

Was that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with Sherlock Holmes?

Answer 8

Edgar Allen Poe, which is why the mystery award are called the "Edgars".

Answer 9

Edgar Allan Poe. He also created the "locked room scenario". Pax - C

Answer 10

I would have to say Doyle with "Sherlock Holmes" since that's the earliest example I can think of.