Chester Himes
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Chester B. Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri on July 29, 1909. He attended Ohio State University in Columbus, but was expelled his freshman year for a prank. He began writing short stories and having them published in national magazines such as Abbott's Monthly Magazine and Esquire while mehr anzeigen in prison for armed robbery. He was paroled after 8 years and eventually joined the Works Progress Administration, where he served as a writer with the Ohio Writers' Project. His first novel, If He Hollers Let Him Go, is about the fear, anger, and humiliation of a black employee at a racist defense plant during World War II and was published in 1945. He moved to Paris, France in the 1950s and then to Moraira, Spain in 1969. He was more popular in Europe than in the United States and primarily wrote about black protagonists plagued by white racism and self-hate. His other works include Lonely Crusade, Pinktoes, Black on Black, The Quality of Hurt, and My Life As Absurdity. He also wrote detective novels set in Harlem, New York City including Run Man, Run, The Real Cool Killers, and Blind Man with a Pistol. He won the 1958 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and the 1982 Columbus Foundation award. He died on November 12, 1984 from Parkinson's Disease. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-54231]
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Werke von Chester Himes
The Real Cool Killers | The Heat's On 2 Exemplare
Meanest Cop in the World [short story] 2 Exemplare
algodon en harlem 1 Exemplar
The Black Scholar. Black Detective Fiction. 1 Exemplar
Marijuana and a Pistol [short story] 1 Exemplar
Cotton Comes to Harlem | The Heat's On 1 Exemplar
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First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Mitwirkender — 183 Exemplare
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Mitwirkender — 174 Exemplare
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Mitwirkender — 99 Exemplare
Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards 1980-1990 (1992) — Mitwirkender — 66 Exemplare
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers (2009) — Mitwirkender — 53 Exemplare
Ebony Rising: Short Fiction of the Greater Harlem Renaissance Era (2004) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Himes, Chester Bomar
- Geburtstag
- 1909-07-29 [1909]
- Todestag
- 1984-11-12 [1984]
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
- Sterbeort
- Moraira, Spain
- Todesursache
- Parkinson's disease
- Wohnorte
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Paris, France
Moraira, Spain - Ausbildung
- East High School
Ohio State University - Berufe
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