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.

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instanceOf human
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
surface form: African American
familyName Himes NERFINISHED
genre African-American literature
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
hardboiled school
name Chester Himes NERFINISHED
notableAdaptationOfWork A Rage in Harlem (1991 film) NERFINISHED
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
screenwriter
short story writer
placeOfBirth Jefferson City, Missouri NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Moraira, Spain NERFINISHED
residence Paris
surface form: Paris, France

Spain NERFINISHED
workLocation Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED

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