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Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

(1902-1967)
Writer, editor, lecturer

Langston Hughes achieved fame as a poet during the burgeoning of the arts known as the Harlem Renaissance, but those who label him "a Harlem Renaissance poet" have restricted his fame to only one genre and decade. In addition to his work as a poet, Hughes was a novelist, columnist, playwright, and essayist, and though he is most closely associated with Harlem, his world travels influenced his writing in a profound way. Langston Hughes followed the example of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of his early poetic influences, to become the second African American to earn a living as a writer. His long and distinguished career produced volumes of diverse genres and inspired the work of countless other African American writers.
--From Gale Cengage Learning Free resources

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(1901-1967) American writer and social activist

Born 1 February 1902
Died 22 May 1967

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  • Cover of: The first book of Africa
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    First published in 1960 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Readers Companion: Silver
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  • Cover of: You Dreamers Poems by Langston Hughes

    First published in 2024 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond

    First published in 2016 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Wolf's Complete Book of Terror
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    First published in 1979 — 3 editions
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    Cover of edition literature00pren_0 Cover of edition prenticehalllite07koel First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: New Jersey: Prentice Hall Literature
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    Cover of edition alabamaprenticeh0000feld Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unkn First published in 2007 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Simply Heavenly.

    First published in 1959 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten
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    Cover of edition remembermetoharl00hugh First published in 2001 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Mule bone: a comedy of Negro life
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    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Fine Clothes to the Jew

    First published in 1927 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Silver Level
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  • Cover of: Words of Ages: Witnessing U.S. History Through Literature
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  • Cover of: Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings

    First published in 1973 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Famous Negro music makers
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    Cover of edition famousnegromusic00hugh First published in 1955 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Copper
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Copper
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    First published in 1994 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Langston Hughes Reads: One Way Ticket, the Negro Speaks of Rivers, the Klu Klux Klan and Other of His Poems/Audio Cassette

    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Don't you turn back: poems.
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    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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(1901-1967) American writer and social activist

Born 1 February 1902
Died 22 May 1967

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African Americans, Poetry, Fiction, American poetry, African American authors, Drama, American literature, Juvenile literature, African americans, fiction, Children's poetry, History, Juvenile poetry, Literary collections, Literature, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Children's fiction, American fiction, English literature, Juvenile fiction, Readers (Secondary), Biography, Children's poetry, American, Juvenile audience, Mystery and detective stories, detective fiction

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United States, England, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Calcutta, Caribbean, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), India, Italy, London, Missouri, Ship-Trap Island, Surrey, Tibet, Verona, Massachusetts, Soviet Union, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Kansas, Mallard residence

People

Langston Hughes (1902-1967), John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Peyton Farquhar, Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather, Paris

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1861-65, 1890, 1861-1865, American Civil War, 1692, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1600s, 1900s, 1950s America, 1960's, 20th Century, Civil War, Civil War, 1936-1939, December, carnival

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  • Langston HUGHES
  • LANGSTON HUGHES
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  • Langston 1902-1967 Hughes

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October 4, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
October 4, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
October 4, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
February 28, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris Remove bad AKAs
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import