Author: Carl Van Vechten
Alternate names: Carl van Vechten; Van Vechten, Carl; Carl 1880-1964 Van Vechten; CARL VAN VECHTEN; Vechten Carl Van.; carl van vechten
Born: 17 June 1880
Died: 21 December 1964
Bio: 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 photography and took many portraits of notable people. Although he was married to women for most of his adult life, Van Vechten engaged in numerous homosexual affairs over his lifetime.