Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes was a leading poet, novelist, and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, celebrated for his powerful portrayals of African American life and culture in the 20th century.

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instanceOf Harlem Renaissance figure
columnist
essayist
novelist
person
playwright
poet
short story writer
almaMater Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
awardReceived Spingarn Medal
burialPlace Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
causeOfDeath complications from prostate cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1902-02-01
dateOfDeath 1967-05-22
education Columbia University
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: "African American"
familyName Langston Hughes
surface form: "Hughes"
fieldOfWork African-American culture
race relations in the United States
social justice
fullName Langston Hughes
surface form: "James Mercer Langston Hughes"
genre children's literature
drama
essay
fiction
poetry
givenName James
Langston
hasSignatureWork The Weary Blues
influenced African-American literature of the 20th century
Civil Rights Movement writers
influencedBy Carl Sandburg
Walt Whitman
knownFor portrayals of African American life and culture in the 20th century
language English
movement African-American literature
Harlem Renaissance
notableWork Black Nativity
I, Too
Let America Be America Again
Montage of a Dream Deferred
Mulatto
Not Without Laughter
Simple Speaks His Mind
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
The Weary Blues
occupation columnist
journalist
novelist
playwright
poet
social activist
placeOfBirth Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area
surface form: "Joplin, Missouri, United States"
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: "New York City, New York, United States"
religion Baptist
residence Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
surface form: "Harlem, New York City, United States"
wrote Black Nativity
I, Too
Let America Be America Again
Montage of a Dream Deferred
Mulatto
Not Without Laughter
Simple Speaks His Mind
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
The Weary Blues

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I, Too author Langston Hughes
Montage of a Dream Deferred author Langston Hughes
Mulatto author Langston Hughes
Not Without Laughter author Langston Hughes
Simple Speaks His Mind author Langston Hughes
The Negro Speaks of Rivers author Langston Hughes
The Weary Blues author Langston Hughes
Black Nativity basedOnAuthor Langston Hughes
Wallace Thurman collaboratedWith Langston Hughes
The New Negro (anthology) containsWorkBy Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes familyName Langston Hughes
this entity surface form: "Hughes"
Fire!! (magazine) founder Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes fullName Langston Hughes
this entity surface form: "James Mercer Langston Hughes"
Langston givenNameOf Langston Hughes
Let America Be America Again hasAuthor Langston Hughes
Fire!! (magazine) hasContributor Langston Hughes
Columbia University hasNotableAlumni Langston Hughes
American literature hasNotableAuthor Langston Hughes
Alain Locke influenced Langston Hughes
Claude McKay influenced Langston Hughes
Jean Toomer influenced Langston Hughes
Walt Whitman influenced Langston Hughes
June Jordan influencedBy Langston Hughes
Nicolás Guillén influencedBy Langston Hughes
Nikki Giovanni influencedBy Langston Hughes
Langston notableBearer Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance notablePerson Langston Hughes
Mulatto writer Langston Hughes
The Negro Speaks of Rivers writer Langston Hughes