S.S. Van Dine
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-10-15 (51 years old)
Deathday
1939-04-11
Place of Birth
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Also known As
Willard Huntington Wright
S.S. Van Dine
Biography
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 an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym (which he originally used to conceal his identity) 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. Willard Huntington Wright was born to Archibald Davenport Wright and Annie Van Vranken Wright on October 15, 1888, in Charlottesville, Virginia. His younger brother, St...
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