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Person Detail: Chester Himes

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Full Name: Chester Himes
Biography:
(1909-1984) Author. Chester Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1909 and died in Moraira, Spain in 1984. He moved to New York City in 1944.
Author's Timeline:
1909 (Unknown) County
Chester Bomar Himes was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1909. 
1984 (Unknown) County
Chester Himes died in Moraira, Spain in 1984. 
1945 (Unknown) County
If He Hollers Let Him Go
Novel. 
1947 (Unknown) County
Lonely Crusade
Novel. 
1947 (Unknown) County
The Third Generation
Novel. 
1952 (Unknown) County
Cast the First Stone
Novel. 
1955 (Unknown) County
The Primitive
Novel. 
1957 (Unknown) County
For Love of Imabelle
Novel. 
1959 (Unknown) County
The Real Cool Killers
Novel. 
1959 (Unknown) County
The Crazy Kill
Novel. 
1960 (Unknown) County
The Big Gold Dream
Novel. 
1965 (Unknown) County
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Novel. 
1944 (Unknown) County
Himes moved to New York City in 1944. 
1948 Saratoga County
Himes spent two months at the Yaddo Writer's Colony in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1948.  
1984 (Unknown) County
Chester Himes was interred in the Cementeri de Benissa, Alicante, Valenciana, Spain. 

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