WRITER

Chester Himes

1909 - 1984

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Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) 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 Johnson. In 1958, Himes won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chester Himes is the 5,212th most popular writer (up from 5,270th in 2019), the 8,053rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,636th in 2019) and the 603rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Chester Himes ranks 5,212 out of 7,302. Before him are Bernard Clavel, Bart D. Ehrman, Robert of Torigni, Gillian Rubinstein, María Martínez Sierra, and Anna Świrszczyńska. After him are Joyce Mansour, Simon Gregorčič, Jean Prévost, Thomas Dekker, Karolina Světlá, and Buchi Emecheta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Chester Himes ranks 317. Before him are Robert Douglas, Stephen Spender, Valerio Perentin, Durgabai Deshmukh, Edwin H. Land, and Anna Świrszczyńska. After him are Eduardo Astengo, Jean Batten, René Schick, Johnny Mercer, Marjorie Clark, and Hermann Paul Müller. Among people deceased in 1984, Chester Himes ranks 201. Before him are Kazuo Hasegawa, Karel Kolský, Edward James, Yvon Petra, Antonio Maquilón, and Anna Świrszczyńska. After him are Ramón Tapia, Virgil Jacomini, Rudolf Stahl, Nariz, Renato Perona, and Eino Purje.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Himes ranks 8,055 out of 20,380. Before him are Milton S. Hershey (1857), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Michael J. Anderson (1953), Walter Johnson (1887), Chris Renaud (1966), and John Musker (1953). After him are Edward Burns (1968), Albert Dekker (1905), Bill Walton (1952), Steve Miller (1943), Chuck Feeney (1931), and Dick Van Patten (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Chester Himes ranks 603. Before him are Cordwainer Smith (1913), Charlaine Harris (1951), Tabitha King (1949), Helene Hanff (1916), Alan Dean Foster (1946), and Bart D. Ehrman (1955). After him are Damon Knight (1922), John Antoine Nau (1860), Zig Ziglar (1926), Dee Brown (1908), Richard Russo (1949), and Elizabeth Hawley (1923).

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