- Name: Langston Hughes
- Born: 02/01/1901
- Died: 05/22/1967 (66 years old)
- Occupation: Poet, columnist, dramatist, essayist, novelist
James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He moved to New York City as a young man, where he made his career. One of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that “the negro was in vogue”, which was later paraphrased as “when Harlem was in vogue.”
Birth Name: James Mercer Langston Hughes
Birth Place: Joplin, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place: New York City, U.S.
Source: Wikipedia
Langston Hughes quotes :
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes
