Langston Hughes
1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967
Langston Hughes, in full James Mercer Langston Hughes who is born February 1, 1902, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.. He died May 22, 1967, New York. American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns.