S. S. Van Dine
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| ''[[La strana morte del signor Benson]]'' (1929), a translation of ''[[The Benson Murder Case]]'' (1926) by S.S. Van Dine was the first [[giallo]] published by the [[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|Mondadori publishing house]]. | ''[[La strana morte del signor Benson]]'' (1929), a translation of ''[[The Benson Murder Case]]'' (1926) by S.S. Van Dine was the first [[giallo]] published by the [[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore|Mondadori publishing house]]. | ||
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| + | Wright was, however, most respected in intellectual circles for his writing about art. In ''Modern Painting: Its Tendency and Meaning'' (secretly co-authored in 1915 with his brother Stanton), he surveyed the important art movements of the last hundred years from [[Manet]] to [[Cubism]], praised the largely unknown work of [[Cézanne]], and predicted a coming era in which an art of color abstraction would replace realism.<ref name=Yardley1992>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1992/05/24/the-sad-case-of-ss-van-dine/8c5a8cbc-3551-4240-8247-50fbd5cfb1e7/ |title=The Sad Case of S.S. Van Dine |last=Yardley |first=Jonathan |date=May 24, 1992 |newspaper=Washington Post |department=Book Reviews |access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> Admired by [[Alfred Stieglitz]] and [[Georgia O'Keeffe]] among others, Wright became under his brother's tutelage one of the most progressive (and belligerently opinionated) art critics of the time and helped to organize several shows, including the "Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters", bringing the most advanced new painters to the attention of audiences on both coasts. He also published a work of aesthetic philosophy, ''The Creative Will'' (1916), that O'Keeffe and [[William Faulkner]] both regarded as a meaningful influence on their thinking about artistic identity.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} | ||
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| [[Twenty rules for writing detective stories]] (1928) - S.S. Van Dine | [[Twenty rules for writing detective stories]] (1928) - S.S. Van Dine | ||
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S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939), a U.S. art critic and author. He created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio.
First giallo
La strana morte del signor Benson (1929), a translation of The Benson Murder Case (1926) by S.S. Van Dine was the first giallo published by the Mondadori publishing house.
Modern Painting: Its Tendency and Meaning
Wright was, however, most respected in intellectual circles for his writing about art. In Modern Painting: Its Tendency and Meaning (secretly co-authored in 1915 with his brother Stanton), he surveyed the important art movements of the last hundred years from Manet to Cubism, praised the largely unknown work of Cézanne, and predicted a coming era in which an art of color abstraction would replace realism.<ref name=Yardley1992>Template:Cite news</ref> Admired by Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe among others, Wright became under his brother's tutelage one of the most progressive (and belligerently opinionated) art critics of the time and helped to organize several shows, including the "Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters", bringing the most advanced new painters to the attention of audiences on both coasts. He also published a work of aesthetic philosophy, The Creative Will (1916), that O'Keeffe and William Faulkner both regarded as a meaningful influence on their thinking about artistic identity.Template:Citation needed
See also
Twenty rules for writing detective stories (1928) - S.S. Van Dine
