(James Mercer) Langston HUGHES

Sex : Male

Nationality: USA

Born : 1902 Feb 1
            Joplin, Missouri, USA

Lived : New York City, New York, USA

Died :   1967 May 22
             New York City (Manhattan), New York, USA
aged :   65
More info can be found online at:
English-language Wikipedia
Internet Broadway Database
Internet Movie Database
Notable Names Database
Find a Grave

More info can be found offline at:
Contemporary Authors, vol 1-4R
Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol 86
Obituary in The New York Times, 1967 May 23
Something about the Author, vols 4 & 33
Biographical Encyclopaedia & Who's Who of the American Theatre, ed Walter Rigdon [1966]

             Book Titles              InfoDate(s)Read Online
The Weary BluesEnglish
poetry
1926 
Fine Clothes To The JewEnglish
poetry
1927 
Not Without LaughterEnglish
1930 
Dear Lovely DeathEnglish
poetry
1931 
The Negro MotherEnglish
poetry
1931 
The Dream Keeper And Other PoemsEnglish
poetry
1932 
Popo And Fifina
[with Arna BONTEMPS]
English
1932 
Scottsboro LimitedEnglish
poetry
1932 
The Ways Of White FolksEnglish
short stories
1934 
MulattoEnglish
drama
1936 
A New SongEnglish
poetry
1938 
The Big SeaEnglish
autobiography
1940 
Shakespeare In HarlemEnglish
1942 
Jim Crow's Last StandEnglish
1943 
Freedom's PlowEnglish
1943 
Lament For Dark Peoples And Other PoemsEnglish
poetry
1944 
Fields Of WonderEnglish
1947 
One-Way TicketEnglish
1949 
Simple Speaks His MindEnglish
1950 
Montage Of A Dream DeferredEnglish
1951 
The First Book Of NegroesEnglish
biography
1952 
Laughing To Keep From CryingEnglish
1952 
Simple Takes A WifeEnglish
1953 
The First Book Of RhythmsEnglish
1954 
Famous American NegroesEnglish
biography
1954 
Famous Negro Music-MakersEnglish
biography
1955 
The First Book Of JazzEnglish
1955 
The Sweet Flypaper Of Life
[with Roy DE CARAVA]
English
1955 
A Pictorial History Of The Negro In America
[with Milton MELTZER]
English
non-fiction
1956 
I Wonder As I Wander: An Autobiographical JourneyEnglish
autobiography
1956 
The First Book Of The West IndiesEnglish
non-fiction
1956 
Simple Stakes A ClaimEnglish
1957 
Tambourines To GloryEnglish
1958 
Famous Negro Heroes Of AmericaEnglish
biography
1958 
The First Book Of AfricaEnglish
1960 
Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods For JazzEnglish
1961 
Fight For Freedom: The Story Of The NAACPEnglish
non-fiction
1962 
Something In Common And Other StoriesEnglish
short stories
1963 
Simple's Uncle SamEnglish
1965 
The Panther And The Lash: Poems Of Our TimesEnglish
poetry
1967 
Black Magic:...Negro In American Entertainment
[with Milton MELTZER]
English
non-fiction
1967 
Black MiseryEnglish
1969 
The Mule Bone
[with Langston HUGHES]
English
drama
produced:1991Pr Gut #19435
Collected PoemsEnglish
poetry
1995 
Langston Hughes And The Chicago DefenderEnglish
essays
1995 
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