Quote by: Langston Hughes

Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas.


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Author Bio


  • NameLangston Hughes
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and social activist
  • BornFebruary 1, 1902
  • DiedMay 22, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Novelist; Playwright; Essayist; Writer
  • WorksThe Negro Speaks Of Rivers
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Spingarn Medal; Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards; William E. Harmon Foundation Award For Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes