Langston Hughes

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Langston Huges was born in Juplin Montanta.

  • Chidhood

    Chidhood
    Hughes had a rootless and often lonely childhood, living with his grandmother in Kansas and then with family friends after her death in 1912.

  • Education

    Education
    Hughes entered Columbia University in the fall of 1921.The high school Langston Hughes grauted from was Central High School.

  • Poetry

    Poetry
    His first book of poetry was The Weary Blues. But his first novel was the Not Without Laughter which won a harmon gold medal.

  • Major influnces in langston hughes life

    Major influnces in langston hughes life
    His major early influences were Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, as well as the black poets Paul Laurence Dunbar.

  • Travel

    Travel
    Langston Hughes traveled to West Africa and to Europe to get some insipration about poetry.

  • Parents getting disavorced

    Parents getting disavorced
    Both of his parents split up when he was the age of 5 fouring him to live with his grandma.

  • Dealth

    Dealth
    Langston Hughes died of cancer in octomber 22 1967.