- Born
- February 1, 1902
- Died
- May 22, 1967 (aged 65)
- Known as
- poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, writer, journalist
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
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