Chester Himes
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Chester Himes was an American novelist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction and Harlem detective series that explored race and urban life in mid-20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chester Himes canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6271347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chester Himes Context triple: [A Rage in Harlem, authorOfSourceWork, Chester Himes]
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A.
A. G. Wilson
A. G. Wilson is an astronomer known for identifying the Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy, one of the faint satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.
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B.
Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley is an acclaimed American novelist best known for his crime fiction, particularly the Easy Rawlins series, and for his significant contributions to contemporary African American literature.
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C.
Horace Julian Bond
Horace Julian Bond was a prominent American civil rights leader, politician, and educator who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served for decades in the Georgia legislature.
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D.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
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E.
Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller was an American playwright best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning drama "A Soldier’s Play," which was later adapted into the film "A Soldier’s Story."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chester Himes Target entity description: Chester Himes was an American novelist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction and Harlem detective series that explored race and urban life in mid-20th-century America.
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A.
A. G. Wilson
A. G. Wilson is an astronomer known for identifying the Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy, one of the faint satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.
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B.
Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley is an acclaimed American novelist best known for his crime fiction, particularly the Easy Rawlins series, and for his significant contributions to contemporary African American literature.
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C.
Horace Julian Bond
Horace Julian Bond was a prominent American civil rights leader, politician, and educator who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served for decades in the Georgia legislature.
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D.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
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E.
Charles Fuller
Charles Fuller was an American playwright best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning drama "A Soldier’s Play," which was later adapted into the film "A Soldier’s Story."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grand Prix de Littérature Policière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdCharacter |
Coffin Ed Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grave Digger Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Ohio State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Himes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ hardboiled fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalWork |
My Life of Absurdity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Quality of Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African-American urban life
ⓘ
crime ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| movement |
Harlem Renaissance-influenced literature
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hardboiled school ⓘ |
| name | Chester Himes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAdaptationOfWork |
A Rage in Harlem (1991 film)
NERFINISHED
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSeries | Harlem Detective series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Rage in Harlem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
All Shot Up NERFINISHED ⓘ Blind Man with a Pistol NERFINISHED ⓘ Cast the First Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Cotton Comes to Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ For Love of Imabelle NERFINISHED ⓘ If He Hollers Let Him Go NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonely Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ My Life of Absurdity NERFINISHED ⓘ Plan B NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Gold Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crazy Kill NERFINISHED ⓘ The Heat's On NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quality of Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ The Real Cool Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Third Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jefferson City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moraira, Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chester Himes Description of subject: Chester Himes was an American novelist best known for his hardboiled crime fiction and Harlem detective series that explored race and urban life in mid-20th-century America.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.