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Langston Hughes (James Mercer Langston Hughes) was born on 1 February, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, USA, is a writer,soundtrack,music_department. Discover Langston Hughes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As James Mercer Langston Hughes
Occupation writer,soundtrack,music_department
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 1 February, 1902
Birthday 1 February
Birthplace Joplin, Missouri, USA
Date of death 22 May, 1967
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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Langston Hughes Height, Weight & Measurements

At 65 years old, Langston Hughes height is 5' 4" (1.63 m) .

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Langston Hughes Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Langston Hughes worth at the age of 65 years old? Langston Hughes’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United States. We have estimated Langston Hughes's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1920

Hughes achieved fame as a literary luminary during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

Hughes was particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the 1920s through the 1960s. His work was also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in "Montage of a Dream Deferred. " His life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance. Unlike other notable black poets of the period, Hughes refused to differentiate between his personal experiences and the common experience of black America. He told stories of people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including their suffering and their love of music, laughter and language itself. In addition to leaving us a large body of poetic work, Hughes wrote 11 plays and countless works of prose, including the well-known "Simple" books: "Simple Speaks His Mind," "Simple Stakes a Claim," "Simple Takes a Wife," and "Simple's Uncle Sam. " He edited numerous poetry anthologies, wrote an acclaimed autobiography ("The Big Sea"), and co-wrote the play "Mule Bone" with Zora Neale Hurston.

1921

The son of teacher Carrie Langston and James Nathaniel Hughes, James Mercer "Langston" Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri. His father abandoned the family and left for Cuba, then Mexico, due to enduring racism in the United States. Young Langston was left to be raised by his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. After her death, he went to live with family friends. Due to an unstable early life, his childhood was not a happy one but it heavily influenced the poet he would become. Later, he lived again with his mother--who had remarried--in Lincoln, Illinois, and eventually in Cleveland, Ohio. During high school he wrote for the school newspaper, edited the yearbook and began to write short stories, poetry, and dramatic plays. His first piece of jazz poetry, "When Sue Wears Red," was written during his high school years. Hughes was influenced by American poets Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman. He also briefly lived in Mexico with his father, who did not support his son's desire to be a writer. Langston studied engineering at Columbia University for a year (1921-22), eventually leaving because of racial prejudice at the school as well as his growing desire to return to Harlem and write poetry.

1923

Hughes worked various odd jobs, including a brief tenure as a crewman aboard the SS Malone in 1923, spending six months traveling to West Africa and Europe. In Europe he stayed for a while in Paris, becoming part of the black American expatriate community.

1924

In November 1924 he returned to the US to live with his mother in Washington, DC. While working as a busboy at a restaurant, Hughes tucked a few of his poems under the dinner plate of then-reigning poet Vachel Lindsay. Lindsay shared the poems during his reading that night, and in the morning Hughes was crowned Lindsay's new discovery, the "busboy poet. "The following year Hughes enrolled at historically black Lincoln University, where he became a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and befriended classmate Thurgood Marshall. Hughes received a B. A.

1929

in 1929 and a Litt. D.

1930

In 1930 his first novel, "Not Without Laughter", won the Harmon gold medal for literature.

1943

in 1943. Except for travels to the Caribbean and West Indies, Harlem was Hughes' primary home for the rest of his life.

2002

Pictured on a USA 34¢ commemorative postage stamp in the Black Heritage series, issued 1 February 2002.