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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Langston Hughes
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Langston Hughes, trivia and information, including some useful details of life events will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Langston Hughes are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Langston Hughes is famous: He was an American poet and author during the Harlem Renaissance

  • Fact 2 - Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902
  • Fact 3 - The name of the parents of Langston Hughes were James Hughes and Carrie Langston Hughes
  • Fact 4 - James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri
  • Fact 5 - HE enrolled at Columbia University to study engineering but dropped out and travelled to Africa, Holland, and Paris
  • Fact 6 - He became involved with writers in Harlem and published "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in 1924
  • Fact 7 - He won the Opportunity magazine poetry contest for "The Weary Blues" in 1925
  • Fact 8 - He completed his education at Lincoln University receiving a B.A. degree
  • Fact 9 - He wrote and Hughes published Not Without Laughter, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
  • Fact 10 - In 1935 the Langston Hughes play, "Mulatto," opened on Broadway
  • Fact 11 - Langston Hughes wrote autobiographies called The Big Sea and Wonder As I Wander
  • Fact 12 - He wrote and published various other poetry books
  • Fact 13 - The 1960 NAACP awards presented Langston Hughes with the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievements by an African American
  • Fact 14 - Langston Hughes died on May 22, 1967
  • Fact 15 - The first Langston Hughes Medal was awarded in 1973 by the City College of New York

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