Langston Hughes | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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He was also widely known for his comic character Jesse B. Semple, familiarly called Simple, who appeared in Hughes’s columns in the Chicago Defender and the New York Post and later in book form and on the stage. The Collected Poems of Langston …

Langston Hughes - Career, Poems & Legacy - HISTORY

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Langston Hughes | Poetry Foundation

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Langston Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of black intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920s in a number of American cities, particularly Harlem. A major poet, …

Langston Hughes - Biography, Poet, Playwright, Harlem …

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Best Known For: Langston Hughes was an African American writer whose poems, columns, novels and plays made him a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Industries Fiction and...

15 Langston Hughes Facts: His Life & Accomplishments

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Langston Hughes is famous for his contribution to the world of poetry. In fact, throughout his life, he never stopped composing poems. Until he died in 1967 (due to complications from a surgery for prostate …

9 things you should know about Langston Hughes

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“Hughes is known mainly as a poet but he wrote in many forms and genres, including poetry, short story, drama, the novel, autobiography, journalistic prose, song lyrics and history,” Alexander said.

10 Most Influential Langston Hughes Poems - Biography

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While Hughes is best known for his poetry — often marked with lyrical patterns — he also wrote novels like 1929’s Not Without Laughter, short stories like his …

11 Important and Interesting Facts about Langston Hughes

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Below, we have gathered together some of the most interesting key facts concerning Langston Hughes’ life and work. 1. In 2018, it was revealed that Langston Hughes was …

10 of the Best Langston Hughes Poems Everyone Should Read

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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Langston Hughes (1901-67) was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance in New York in the 1920s. Over the course of a varied …

8 Famous Langston Hughes Poems - TCK Publishing

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Langston Hughes was one of the most well-known American poets. Born on February 1, 1902, he was raised by his grandmother after his parents’ divorce. Around age 13, he moved to Illinois and lived with his mother …