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Chester Himes was an African American writer whose gritty crime novels, particularly the Harlem Detective series, won him France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1958.
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Chester Himes ranks #275 of 326 in the Novelist ranking, behind Wilkie Collins, ahead of Mulk Raj Anand.
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Chester Himes scores 6.95/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Novelist category.
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