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Chester Himes
American novelist (–)
Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, – November 12, ) was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include If He Hollers Let Him Go, published in , and the Harlem Detective series of novels for which he is best known, set in the s and early s and featuring two black policemen called Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson.[1] In , Himes won France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
Life
Early life
Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, on July 29, , to Joseph Sandy Himes and Estelle Bomar Himes; his father was a professor of industrial trades at a black college, and his mother, prior to getting married, was a teacher at Scotia Seminary.[2] Chester Himes grew up in a middle-class home in Missouri.
When he was about 12 years old, his father took a teaching job in the Arkansas Delta at Branch Normal College (now University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff), and soon a tragedy took place