LangstonHughes

== =Personal Life-=

===**Langston was born February 1, 1902, in Joplin Missouri. His parents seperated when he was very young,his father left to mexico while his mother was in Lincon, Illinois. His grandmother raised him until he was thirteen unitil he left to live with his mother. He later traveled to many different parts of the world like Mexico, Paris, Rome, Africa and Europe. He attended Licoln university in Pennsylvania. Eventually he moved to Harlem, New York where he fell in love and wrote most of his literature. He died of complications from prostate cancer in May 22, 1967 in New York.**===

= = =**Professional Life-**= ===Hughes was a poet ,novelist, columnist, playwright, and essayist. Most of his inspiration came from Paul Laurence Dunson, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman.He was the second African-American to earn a living as a writer. his work got him many awards.===

=Major works-= =Novels:= =//The Weary Blues 1926//= = =

//**1963 Five Plays**//**1963 Five Plays**1963 Five Plays
=Awards won-=

//Mulatto// was the longest running play written by a African American
=Period and/or Style-=

=Favorite Themes-=

He liked to write about the life of african americans mostly based on thing that happened in his life. His work is based on just the life African Americans had to live.
=Links-= http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9346313 http://www.poets.org/exh/Exhibit.cfm?prmID=7 http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/Cora_Hughes_Links.htm
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