Chester Himes

Niente fonti!
Questa voce o sezione sull'argomento scrittori statunitensi non cita le fonti necessarie o quelle presenti sono insufficienti.
Puoi migliorare questa voce aggiungendo citazioni da fonti attendibili secondo le linee guida sull'uso delle fonti. Segui i suggerimenti del progetto di riferimento.
Memoriale di Chester Himes a Moraira, in Spagna.

Chester Bomar Himes (Jefferson City, 29 luglio 1909 – Moraira, 12 novembre 1984) è stato uno scrittore statunitense afro-americano.

Chester Himes è famoso per la serie di romanzi criminali dei due poliziotti investigatori a Harlem: Coffin Ed Johnson e Gravedigger Jones, da alcuni dei quali furono tratti dei film.

Biografia

Figlio di due insegnanti, Joseph Sandy Himes e Estelle Bomar Himes, che in seguito divorziarono, fin da ragazzo dovette constatare la discriminazione razziale quando suo fratello, ferito in un incidente, fu respinto da un ospedale per soli bianchi.

Dopo essere stato espulso dall'Università statale dell'Ohio, nel 1928 fu condannato a una grave pena per rapina a mano armata e fu rinchiuso nel penitenziario dell'Ohio. Lì riuscì a farsi rispettare scrivendo racconti, che vennero pubblicati su riviste dopo il 1931. Nel 1936 fu rilasciato in prova in custodia della madre. Continuò a scrivere e venne in contatto con Langston Hughes che lo aiutò a entrare nel mondo letterario.

Nel 1936 sposò Jean Johnson.

Negli anni quaranta fu sceneggiatore a Hollywood, e scrisse due romanzi sulle esperienze degli immigrati che lavoravano nelle industrie degli armamenti.

Negli anni cinquanta, amareggiato per le discriminazioni razziali di cui fu vittima (il boss della Warner Brothers lo cacciò solo perché negro), decise di trasferirsi per sempre in Francia. Fu lì che incontrò una donna anglo-irlandese, Lesley Packard, una giornalista di moda dello Herald Tribune che lo aveva intervistato. Dopo aver subìto un colpo apoplettico, fu lei che, lasciato l'impiego, si prese cura di lui, umanamente e professionalmente. Si sposarono nel 1978.

Dopo un trasferimento nella Francia meridionale, andarono in Spagna, ove lo scrittore morì nel 1984, per le complicazioni della malattia di Parkinson.

Opere principali

  • If He Hollers Let Him Go, 1945 (E se grida lascialo andare)
  • Lonely Crusade, 1947
  • Cast the First Stone, 1952
  • The Third Generation, 1954
  • The End of a Primitive, 1955 (Fine di un primitivo)
  • For Love of Imabelle, titoli alternativi The Five-Cornered Square, A Rage in Harlem, 1957 - (Rabbia ad Harlem; o anche La forza in nero o Fesso d'oro)
  • The Real Cool Killers, 1959 (Come è strano; o anche Nero su bianco)
  • The Crazy Kill, 1959 (Uccidere da matti; o anche Non metterci il naso)
  • The Big Gold Dream, 1960 (Il grande sogno d'oro; o anche Il sogno d'oro)
  • All Shot Up, 1960 (Non scherzare con la morte)
  • Run Man Run, 1960 (Corri uomo corri)
  • Pinktoes, 1961
  • Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1965 (Soldi neri ladri bianchi; o anche Harlem)
  • The Heat's On, 1966 - (Caccia al tesoro, o anche La notte delle vendette)
  • Blind Man with a Pistol, 1969 (Cieco, con la pistola; o anche Uomo cieco con pistola)
  • Black on Black, 1973
  • A Case of Rape, 1980
  • The Collected Stories of Chester Himes, 1990
  • Plan B, 1993
  • Yesterday Will Make You Cry, 1998

Edizioni italiane (elenco parziale)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Controllo di autoritàVIAF (EN) 108585658 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0001 0931 6077 · SBN RAVV060598 · Europeana agent/base/68889 · LCCN (EN) n50034439 · GND (DE) 118774476 · BNE (ES) XX1124962 (data) · BNF (FR) cb11907536x (data) · J9U (EN, HE) 987007585461505171 · NDL (EN, JA) 00443373 · CONOR.SI (SL) 51727715
  Portale Biografie

Read other articles:

Welcome to Chippendales

Welcome to ChippendalesPoster resmiGenre Drama biografi Komedi gelap True crime PembuatRobert SiegelTerinspirasi olehDeadly Dance: The Chippendales Murdersoleh K. Scot MacdonaldPatrick MontesDeOcaPemeran Kumail Nanjiani Murray Bartlett Annaleigh Ashford Juliette Lewis Penata musikSiddhartha KhoslaNegara asalAmerika SerikatBahasa asliInggrisJmlh. episode8ProduksiProduser eksekutif Robert Siegel Kumail Nanjiani Emily V. Gordon Jenni Konner Dylan Sellers Matt Shakman Nora Silver Rajiv Jos...

 

Nicene Christianity

Christian doctrinal traditions Icon depicting Emperor Constantine (center) and the Church Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea of 325 holding the Nicene Creed Nicene Christianity, Mainstream Christianity or Traditional Christianity includes those Christian denominations that adhere to the teaching of the Nicene Creed,[1] which was formulated[2] at the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 and amended at the First Council of Constantinople in AD 381.[3] History At the tim...

 

2012 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell

Tennis tournament2012 Barcelona Open Banco SabadellDate23–30 AprilEdition60thCategoryATP World Tour 500Draw48S / 24DSurfaceClay / outdoorLocationBarcelona, SpainVenueReal Club de Tenis BarcelonaChampionsSingles Rafael NadalDoubles Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski ← 2011 · Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell · 2013 → The 2012 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the...

TD Garden

TD Garden New Boston Garden The New Garden Nama lama Shawmut Center (pembangunan) FleetCenter (1995–2005) TD Banknorth Garden (2005–09) Lokasi 100 Legends Way Boston, Massachusetts 02114 Koordinat42°21′58.69″N 71°3′44.02″W / 42.3663028°N 71.0622278°W / 42.3663028; -71.0622278Koordinat: 42°21′58.69″N 71°3′44.02″W / 42.3663028°N 71.0622278°W / 42.3663028; -71.0622278Transportasi umumNorth StationPemilikDelaware NorthKap...

 

Larry Silverstein

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Silverstein (homonymie). Larry SilversteinLarry Silverstein en 2014.BiographieNaissance 30 mai 1931 (92 ans)BrooklynNationalité américaineFormation Université de New YorkHigh School of Music & Art (en)Brooklyn Law SchoolActivités Architecte, agent immobilierAutres informationsPropriétaire de Equitable Building, Silverstein Properties (en)modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata Le nouveau 7 World Trade Center, construit entre 2002 et 200...

 

Make Love (Gucci Mane song)

2017 single by Gucci Mane and Nicki MinajMake LoveSingle by Gucci Mane and Nicki Minajfrom the album Mr. Davis ReleasedFebruary 23, 2017 (2017-02-23)GenreHip hopLength5:00Label Atlantic Young Money Songwriter(s) Radric Davis Joshua Luellen Onika Maraj Gucci Mane singles chronology Perfect Pint(2017) Make Love(2017) Down(2017) Nicki Minaj singles chronology Swalla(2017) Make Love(2017) Changed It(2017) Music videoGucci Mane & Nicki Minaj - Make Love [Official Music V...

Championnats de France de cyclisme sur route 2018

Championnats de France de cyclisme sur route 2018GénéralitésCourse Championnats de France de cyclisme sur routeCompétition Championnats nationaux de cyclisme sur route en 2018Date 28 juin au 25 aoûtPays traversé(s) France (Yvelines et Plougastel-Daoulas)Lieu de départ Mantes-la-Jolie et Plougastel-DaoulasLieu d'arrivée Mantes-la-Jolie et Plougastel-DaoulasChampionnats 2017Championnats 2019modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata Les championnats de France de cyclisme sur route ...

 

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

2003 video game 2003 video gameBaten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost OceanNorth American GameCube box art featuring the protagonist KalasDeveloper(s)Monolith Softtri-CrescendoPublisher(s)NamcoDirector(s)Yasuyuki HonneHiroya HatsushibaProducer(s)Tadashi NomuraArtist(s)Nakaba HigurashiShinji NoguchiYasuyuki HonneWriter(s)Masato KatoComposer(s)Motoi SakurabaPlatform(s)GameCubeNintendo SwitchReleaseGameCubeJP: December 5, 2003[1]NA: November 16, 2004[1]PAL: April 1, 2005[1&...

 

Garden of Eden (cellular automaton)

Pattern that has no predecessors A Garden of Eden in Conway's Game of Life, discovered by R. Banks in 1971.[1] The cells outside the image are all dead (white). An orphan in Life found by Achim Flammenkamp. Black squares are required live cells; blue x's are required dead cells. In a cellular automaton, a Garden of Eden is a configuration that has no predecessor. It can be the initial configuration of the automaton but cannot arise in any other way. John Tukey named these configuratio...

Siege of Constantinople (626)

Part of Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 & the Avar–Byzantine Wars For other sieges of the city, see list of sieges of Constantinople. Avar–Persian siege of ConstantinoplePart of Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 and the Avar–Byzantine WarsDepiction of the siege from the Chronicle of Constantine ManassesDateJune–July 626LocationConstantinople, Byzantine Empire(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)41°0′44.06″N 28°58′33.67″E / 41.0122389°N 28.9760194°E&#x...

 

Representation of the People Act 1884

United Kingdom law reforming the electoral system United Kingdom legislationRepresentation ofthe People Act 1884Act of ParliamentParliament of the United KingdomLong titleAn Act to amend the Law relating to the Representation of the People of the United Kingdom.Citation48 & 49 Vict. c. 3Introduced byWilliam GladstoneTerritorial extent United KingdomDatesRoyal assent6 December 1884Other legislationRepealed byRepresentation of the People Act 1918Relates toRedistribution of Seats Act 18...

 

Murom

City in Vladimir Oblast, Russia For other uses, see Murom (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (November 2023) This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclo...

Hymn to Enlil

Sacred Texts Figure of standing male worshiper, 2750-2600 B.C. (when Enlil was considered the most powerful god) from the square temple at Eshnunna Feather robed and turbaned archer figure of Ashur (a later development of Enlil) superimposed on a sun disc Part of a series onAncientMesopotamian religionChaos Monster and Sun God Religions of the ancient Near East Anatolia Ancient Egypt Mesopotamia Babylonia Sumer Iranian Semitic Arabia Canaan Primordial beings Tiamat and Abzu Lahamu and Lahmu K...

 

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

For related races, see 2022 United States House of Representatives elections. 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon ← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 → All 6 Oregon seats to the United States House of Representatives   Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 4 1 Seats won 4 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,012,725 851,991 Percentage 53.10% 44.68% Swing 2.59% 2.79% Election results by distr...

 

Ritratto di Elisabetta di Valois

Ritratto di Elisabetta di ValoisAutoreSofonisba Anguissola (attribuzione) Data1561 -1565 Tecnicaolio su tela Dimensioni205×123 cm UbicazioneMuseo del Prado, Madrid Il ritratto di Elisabetta di Valois è un dipinto a olio su tela della pittrice Sofonisba Anguissola, databile 1561-1565 circa e conservato nel Museo del Prado a Madrid. Indice 1 Descrizione 2 Note 3 Bibliografia 3.1 Elisabetta di Valois nel mito 3.2 Sofonisba Anguissola 4 Voci correlate 5 Altri progetti Descrizione Elisabett...

Issedones

The Issedones (Ἰσσηδόνες) were an ancient people of Central Asia at the end of the trade route leading north-east from Scythia, described in the lost Arimaspeia[1] of Aristeas, by Herodotus in his History (IV.16-25) and by Ptolemy in his Geography. Like the Massagetae to the south, the Issedones are described by Herodotus as similar to, yet distinct from, the Scythians. Location Issedones seen on Ancient Greek world map. The exact location of their territorial span in Centra...

 

TV Tennis Electrotennis

First Japanese video game console TV Tennis ElectrotennisA TV Tennis ElectrotennisAlso known asTV TennisElectrotennis (abbreviations)ManufacturerEpoch Co. (developed with Magnavox)TypeDedicated home video game consoleGenerationFirst generationRelease dateJapan: September 12, 1975Introductory price19,000 Japanese yenUnits soldNot clear; around 10,000, 20,000 or 3 millionSuccessorTV Game System 10 The TV Tennis Electrotennis (Japanese: テレビテニス,[1][2] Hepburn romanzin...

 

Grays Peak

Grays PeakPicco Grays sulla sinistra, Torreys sulla destraStato Stati Uniti Stato federato Colorado Altezza4 352 m s.l.m. Prominenza844 m CatenaFront Range Coordinate39°38′02″N 105°49′03″W39°38′02″N, 105°49′03″W Data prima ascensione1861 Autore/i prima ascensioneCharles Christopher Parry Mappa di localizzazioneGrays Peak Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale Grays Peak è la decima cima più alta delle Montagne Rocciose del Nord America, situat...

Wresni

Lukisan kehancuran kaum Yadawa, karya M.V. Dhurandhar (1922). Wresni atau Wrisni (Dewanagari: वृषणि; ,IAST: Vṛṣṇi, वृषणि) adalah seorang bangsawan Wangsa Yadawa. Wresni lahir sebagai putra sulung Maharaja Madhu dari generasi ke-19 keturunan Yadu (leluhur Yadawa). Para keturunan Wresni disebut Warsneya. Kresna masuk ke dalam percabangan Candrawangsa keturunan Wresni dan dari sanalah ia mendapat nama Warshneya.[1] Rakyat Dwaraka dikenal sebagai Wangsa...

 

Luis IX de Francia

Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada. Busca fuentes: «Luis IX de Francia» – noticias · libros · académico · imágenesEste aviso fue puesto el 12 de octubre de 2021. Para otros usos de este término, véase Luis IX, duque de Baviera. Luis IX de Francia Rey de Francia Luis IX el Santo, por El GrecoRey de Francia 8 de noviembre de 1226 - 25 de agosto de 1270(43 años y 290 días)Predecesor Luis VIIISuces...