Chester Himes
Fiction writer from the U.S. state of Missouri (1909-1984) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 75
Chester Bomar Himes was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the 1950s and early 1960s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed...
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His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in 1945, and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the 1950s and early 1960s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. In 1958, Himes won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
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John RussellAlso in If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)
Calvin LockhartAlso in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Ann PrentissAlso in If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)
Lou JacobiAlso in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)Tamara DobsonAlso in Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
Leonardo CiminoAlso in Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)