S. S. Van Dine

Novelist, Author

1888 – 1939

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Who was S. S. Van Dine?

S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright, an American art critic and detective novelist. He was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and he created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, a sleuth and aesthete who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio.

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Born
Oct 15, 1888
Charlottesville
Also known as
  • Willard Huntington Wright
  • Willard Huntingdon Wright
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Siblings
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Pomona College
Lived in
  • Charlottesville
Died
Apr 11, 1939
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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