Langston Hughes





Langston Hughes

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born
in Joplin, Missouri, The United States
February 01, 1902

died
May 22, 1967

gender
male

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influences
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman


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Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "Harlem was in vogue."


Average rating: 4.22 · 18,479 ratings · 1,255 reviews · 158 distinct works · Similar authors
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My People
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More books by Langston Hughes…
“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.”
Langston Hughes

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
Langston Hughes

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