Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was an American poet, novelist and playwright.
Also recorded as James Mercer Langston Hughes; James Langston Hughes.
Overview
Born at Joplin in 1902, died at New York City in 1967.
In detail
Langston Hughes studied at Lincoln University and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, prose and poetry. The authority associates the name with Harlem Renaissance and jazz poetry.
Employment is recorded with Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters and PEN America.
Works named in the authority record are The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
Work by Langston Hughes is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Spingarn Medal, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes.
Sources
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“Langston Hughes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q188093: Langston Hughes
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