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.
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African Americans, Fiction, Poetry, 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 fictionPlaces
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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, ParisTime
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, carnivalID Numbers
- OLID: OL26459A
- ISNI: 0000000121303076
- VIAF: 44315795
- Wikidata: Q188093
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q188093
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- Laugston Hughes
- Langston HUGHES
- LANGSTON HUGHES
- Langston Hughes-
- Langston 1902-1967 Hughes
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