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Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (born 1880)

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Carl Van Vechten

American writer and photographer (1880–1964)

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. In his later years, he took up…
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December 21

Day of the year

December 21 is the 355th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year.
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