Chester Himes (1909–1984)
Auteur de La reine des pommes
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Crédit image: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-54231]
Séries
Œuvres de Chester Himes
Une affaire de viol : roman 2 exemplaires
Meanest Cop in the World [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Real Cool Killers | The Heat's On 2 exemplaires
Le manteau de rêve / Himes, Chester / Réf: 30536 1 exemplaire
Un joli coup de lune 1 exemplaire
Faut t̊re ng̈re pour faire ȧ nouvelles 1 exemplaire
The Black Scholar. Black Detective Fiction. 1 exemplaire
algodon en harlem 1 exemplaire
Marijuana and a Pistol [short story] 1 exemplaire
Cotton Comes to Harlem | The Heat's On 1 exemplaire
Χαμός στο Χάρλεμ 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Olympia Reader: Selections from the Traveller's Companion Series (1965) — Contributeur — 283 exemplaires
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Contributeur — 183 exemplaires
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Contributeur — 176 exemplaires
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Contributeur — 102 exemplaires
Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards 1980-1990 (1992) — Contributeur — 66 exemplaires
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers (2009) — Contributeur — 54 exemplaires
Ebony Rising: Short Fiction of the Greater Harlem Renaissance Era (2004) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
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- Nom légal
- Himes, Chester Bomar
- Date de naissance
- 1909-07-29
- Date de décès
- 1984-11-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Moraira, Spain
- Cause du décès
- Parkinson's disease
- Lieux de résidence
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Paris, France
Moraira, Spain - Études
- East High School
Ohio State University - Professions
- writer
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- Œuvres
- 51
- Aussi par
- 20
- Membres
- 5,404
- Popularité
- #4,618
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 110
- ISBN
- 363
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 17