WRITER

Chester Himes

1909 - 1984

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chester Himes has received more than 422,779 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Chester Himes is the 5,271st most popular writer (down from 4,571st in 2019), the 7,639th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,505th in 2019) and the 597th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chester Himes ranks 5,271 out of 7,302. Before him are Władysław Broniewski, Jan Frans Willems, Idea Vilariño, Anna Świrszczyńska, Vladimir Makanin, and Alexis. After him are Jamaica Kincaid, Jørn Lier Horst, Bahaa Taher, Holly Black, Takashi Tezuka, and Armand Lanoux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Chester Himes ranks 322. Before him are Georges Verriest, Paula Strasberg, Giuseppe Viani, Max Black, Dieter Borsche, and Anna Świrszczyńska. After him are Sergey Gritsevets, Elis Wiklund, Ivan Fuqua, Martha Norelius, Bill Carr, and Giovanni Palatucci. Among people deceased in 1984, Chester Himes ranks 199. Before him are Víctor Balaguer, Alice Neel, Martin Luther King Sr., Bernard Lonergan, Balasaraswati, and Anna Świrszczyńska. After him are Chuck Cooper, Aldo Campatelli, Anders Haugen, Esther Phillips, Ivor Montagu, and Puck van Heel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Himes ranks 7,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Lubin (1910), Richard Rush (1929), Francesca Woodman (1958), Allen Collins (1952), John Musker (1953), and Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863). After him are Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), Holly Black (1971), Jonathan Brandis (1976), Evelyn Lear (1926), Buster Crabbe (1908), and Charles Jenkins Sr. (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Chester Himes ranks 597. Before him are Katherine Neville (1945), Thomas Ligotti (1953), William Cullen Bryant (1794), Candace Bushnell (1958), Sara Paretsky (1947), and Julia Ward Howe (1819). After him are Holly Black (1971), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), James Dashner (1972), Diane di Prima (1934), Shere Hite (1942), and Ben Bova (1932).

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