S9.com / Biographies /
1902 - Born on February 1st in Joplin, Missouri. An American poet of Harlem Renaissance.
1921 - He attended Columbia University.
1926-1927 - He wrote The Weary Blues and Fine Clothes to the Jew.
1929 - Received his AB degree from Lincoln University Pennsylvania.
1930-1956 - Wrote Not Without Laughter, The Ways of White Folks, The Big Sea, Shakespeare in Harlem, Montage of a Dream Deferred, A Pictorial History of the Negro in America and I Wonder as I Wander.
- He wrote the play Mule Bone with Zora Neale Hurston.
1960 - He received the Spingarn Medal.
1961 - Wrote Ask your Mama and The Panther and the Lash.
1967 - Died on May 22nd in Polyclinic Hospital, New York City from prostate cancer.
1921 - He attended Columbia University.
1926-1927 - He wrote The Weary Blues and Fine Clothes to the Jew.
1929 - Received his AB degree from Lincoln University Pennsylvania.
1930-1956 - Wrote Not Without Laughter, The Ways of White Folks, The Big Sea, Shakespeare in Harlem, Montage of a Dream Deferred, A Pictorial History of the Negro in America and I Wonder as I Wander.
- He wrote the play Mule Bone with Zora Neale Hurston.
1960 - He received the Spingarn Medal.
1961 - Wrote Ask your Mama and The Panther and the Lash.
1967 - Died on May 22nd in Polyclinic Hospital, New York City from prostate cancer.
  | Page last updated: 10:20pm, 26th Apr '07 |
- "Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die. Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly."
Related Books
  |
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (Paperback - Oct 31, 1995) "The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
The Ways of White Folks: Stories by Langston Hughes (Paperback - Sep 12, 1990) In these acrid and poignant stories, Hughes depicted black people colliding--sometimes humorously, more often tragically--with whites in the 1920s and '30s...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
The Big Sea: An Autobiography (American Century Series) by Langston Hughes (Paperback - Aug 1, 1993) Introduction by Arnold Rampersad.Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. InThe Big Seahe recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes (Paperback - Dec 3, 1996) Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written afterThe Dream Keeperwas first published. In a... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Not Without Laughter (Thrift Edition) by Langston Hughes (Paperback - Apr 4, 2008) A leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, poet Hughes wrote only one novel— but it is an incredibly powerful and moving work. This 1930s coming-of-age tale, which unfolds amid an... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
The Short Stories of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (Paperback - Aug 15, 1997) Sometimes called the Poet Laureate of Black America, Langston Hughes was also an accomplished writer of fiction, with a novel and several collections of stories to his credit. This collection brings... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
