Carl Van Vechten
American writer
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Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. Wikipedia
Born: June 17, 1880, Cedar Rapids, IA
Died: December 21, 1964 (age 84 years), New York, NY
Parents: Charles Van Vechten and Ada Van Vechten
Spouse: Fania Marinoff (m. 1914–1964) and Anna Elizabeth Snyder (m. 1907–1912)
Movies: A Woman of the World
Education: University of Chicago
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