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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 great detective stories: a chronological anthology

    First published in 1927 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The future of painting

    First published in 1923 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The creative will: studies in the philosophy and the syntax of æsthetics

    First published in 1916 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Canary murder case ; The Greene murder case ; The Bishop murder case

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  • Cover of: Philo Vance: four complete novels

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Philo Vance murder cases: The scarab murder case, The kennel murder case, The dragon murder case

    First published in 1936 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: world's great detective stories: a chronological anthology

    First published in 1931 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Worlds Greatest Detective Stories Chronological an

    First published in 1980 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The President's mystery story

    First published in 1935 1 edition 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
January 1, 2020 Edited by Martha Carson Wade Added author info from WorldCat