Langston
Hughes
(1902-1967)
Born in Joplin, Missouri-USA
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Langston Hughes was a prolific playwright, essayist, fiction writer and poet,
prominent in the Harlem Renaissance. His poetic works include Selected Poems, and The Best of Simple. The
Collected Poems of Langston Hughes were published in 1994.
His most enduring
gift to literature was his belief in the commonality of all cultures
and the universality of human suffering.
Full
Biographical Sketch
More Literature by Langston
Hughes:
Not
Without Laughter
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
The Big Sea : An Autobiography
Related Links:
The
Langston Hughes Tribute
Inspirations in our Gallery:
Dreams
