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S. S. Van Dine

15 October 1888 - 11 April 1939

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 an important figure 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 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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  • Cover of: The "Canary" Murder Case: A Philo Vance Mystery

    First published in 1927 18 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Benson murder case

    First published in 1926 18 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Bishop murder case: a Philo Vance story

    First published in 1900 17 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition bishopmurdercase00vand Cover of edition bishopmurdercase0000vand_e5y1 Cover of edition bishopmurdercase0000vand
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  • Cover of: The Greene murder case: a Philo Vance story

    First published in 1928 14 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Kennel Murder Case: A Philo Vance Mystery

    First published in 1933 14 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition kennelmurdercase00ssva Cover of edition kennelmurdercase0000vand
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  • Cover of: The Dragon Murder Case: A Philo Vance Mystery (A Scribner Crime Classic)

    First published in 1933 12 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition dragonmurdercase0000vand
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  • Cover of: The kidnap murder case: a Philo Vance story

    First published in 1936 8 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition kidnapmurdercase0000vand_r0o6 Cover of edition kidnapmurdercase0000vand
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  • Cover of: The Gracie Allen murder case: a Philo Vance story

    First published in 1938 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The winter murder case: a Philo Vance story

    First published in 1939 7 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Modern painting, its tendency and meaning

    First published in 1915 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition modernpaintingi00dinegoog
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  • Cover of: The scarab murder case

    First published in 1930 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Mordakte Kasino: ein klassischer Kriminalroman

    First published in 1934 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Garden Murder Case: Philo Vance #9

    First published in 1935 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: What Nietzsche Taught

    First published in 2007 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The man of promise

    First published in 1916 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition manpromise00wriggoog Cover of edition manofpromise0000wrig
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  • Cover of: Misinforming a nation

    First published in 1917 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition misinformingnati00vanduoft
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  • Cover of: Benson Murder Case Improved, Don't Y'know

    First published in 2020 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The great modern French stories: a chronological anthology

    First published in 1917 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Philo Vance week-end: containing three mystery novels

    First published in 1929 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dragon Murder Case

    First published in 2021 2 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, Philo Vance (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Detective and mystery stories, Vance, philo (fictitious character), fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Private investigators, fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Painting, Aesthetics, Art, Color, Cubism, Detective and mystery stories, American, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, French fiction, Futurism (Art), Impressionism (Art), Investigation, Large type books, Modern Painting, Murder
Places
New York, New York (State)
Time
1920s, 1930s

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Alternative names

  • Dine Van
  • S.S.Van Dine
  • S. S. van Dine
  • S.S. Van Dine
  • Willard Huntington Wright
  • Van Dine
  • Fan da yin
  • Van Dine
  • Willard H. Wright
  • Willard Huntington Wright
  • Willard Wright
  • S. S. Dine

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November 4, 2021 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names
November 4, 2021 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
October 8, 2021 Edited by mheiman merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import