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==Description==
 
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Author, photographer, critic.  Helped rediscover Herman Melville.  Helped African-American writers get started.
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Author, portrait photographer, critic.  Helped rediscover Herman Melville.  Helped African-American writers get started by being a patron to the Harlem Renaissance.  Literary Executor of Gertrude Stein.

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Carl Van Vechten

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1880 - 1965

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Description

Author, portrait photographer, critic. Helped rediscover Herman Melville. Helped African-American writers get started by being a patron to the Harlem Renaissance. Literary Executor of Gertrude Stein.