Chester Himes

Chester Himes. Writer: Cotton Comes to Harlem. Chester Himes was born on 29 July 1909 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) and A Rage in Harlem (1991). He was previously married to Lesley Packard and Jean Johnson. He died on 12 November 1984 in Moravia, Costa Blanca, Spain.