Langston Hughes
1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967
345 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
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. --From Gale Cengage Learning Free resources
Also published as: Laugston Hughes, Langston HUGHES, LANGSTON HUGHES, Langston Hughes-, Langston 1902-1967 Hughes
Most-read books
Poems
4.5 · 1959 · 47 want to read
![Cover of The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6699609-M.jpg)
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
4 · 1952 · 44 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
1 · 2002 · 48 want to read
The ways of white folks
5 · 1934 · 40 want to read
The big sea
1940 · 34 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
1999 · 35 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
1989 · 28 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
4 · 1994 · 25 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Silver
1991 · 25 want to read
I wonder as I wander
1956 · 20 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Silver Level
2002 · 24 want to read
The sweet flypaper of life
1955 · 21 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Copper
4.3 · 1991 · 18 want to read
Not without laughter
1930 · 20 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
1989 · 20 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level
2002 · 19 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature
4.1 · 2007 · 18 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold
1999 · 16 want to read
![Cover of Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/14329691-M.jpg)
Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]
4.5 · 2007 · 14 want to read
The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
4.3 · 1973 · 14 want to read
Let America be America again and other poems
5 · 2004 · 16 want to read
Imagine
4 · 1996 · 15 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level
2002 · 13 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze
5 · 1991 · 13 want to read