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S. S. Van Dine

1888 - 1939

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S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pen name 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 pen name (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. S. S. Van Dine is the 2,651st most popular writer (down from 2,174th in 2019), the 3,821st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,720th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, S. S. Van Dine ranks 2,651 out of 7,302. Before him are John of Ephesus, Antimachus, Artur Lundkvist, Henri Desgrange, Ernst Weiss, and Marcel Prévost. After him are Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Terry Brooks, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Konstantin Mihailović, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

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Among people born in 1888, S. S. Van Dine ranks 108. Before him are Jakow Trachtenberg, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Herms Niel, Francesco Baracca, Royal Rife, and Grigori Sokolnikov. After him are Harilal Gandhi, Carl Hilpert, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, James Waddell Alexander II, Sophus Nielsen, and Kaarel Eenpalu. Among people deceased in 1939, S. S. Van Dine ranks 72. Before him are Isaak Brodsky, Max Skladanowsky, Henri Le Sidaner, Archibald Leitch, Grigori Sokolnikov, and Fyodor Raskolnikov. After him are Konstantin Somov, Zinaida Yusupova, Ma Rainey, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Charles Tournemire, and Stjepan Sarkotić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, S. S. Van Dine ranks 3,821 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Estes (1932), Lindsey Buckingham (1949), Sung Kang (1972), Jack Johnson (1878), Cherry Jones (1956), and Ed Begley (1901). After him are Chelsea Manning (1987), Terry Brooks (1944), Robert Davi (1953), Candice King (1987), Arthur Janov (1924), and Mildred Dresselhaus (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, S. S. Van Dine ranks 303. Before him are Wayne Dyer (1940), Alice B. Toklas (1877), D. B. Weiss (1971), Jim Thompson (1906), Seymour Hersh (1937), and Andy Weir (1972). After him are Terry Brooks (1944), Margaret Fuller (1810), Henry van Dyke Jr. (1852), Orson Scott Card (1951), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), and Terry Goodkind (1948).

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