Chester Himes
Novelist
Died when: 75 years 106 days (903 months)Star Sign: Leo
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.
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