Langston Hughes

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Harlem Renaissance figure columnist essayist novelist person playwright poet short story writer

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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American writer Langston Hughes 1
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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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hughes
fieldOfWork African-American culture ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
fullName Langston Hughes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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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The Negro Speaks of Rivers → author → Langston Hughes ⓘ
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Harmon Foundation Award for distinguished literary achievement → notableRecipient → Langston Hughes ⓘ
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