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S. S. Van Dine

  • S.S. Van Dine
  • Willard Huntington Wright
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Dine, S. S. Van
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Person
Gender
Male
Date of birth
1888-10-15
Place of birth
Charlottesville
Date of death
1939-04-11
Place of death
New York

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S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-World War I New York, and under the pseudonym (which he originally used to conceal his identity) he created the fictional detective Philo Vance, a sleuth and aesthete who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in films and on the radio.

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S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright when he wrote detective novels.

Last modified: 2020-12-24 (revision #48124)

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dinessvan
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Q630454

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