Selected Poems

Informationen zum Autor Langston Hughes was born in 1902. His first poem in a nationally known magazine was 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' which appeared in Crisis in 1921. In 1925, Hughes was awarded the first Prize for Poetry by Opportunity magazines for his poem 'The Weary Blue' which gave its title to his first book of poems, published in 1926. He wrote poetry, short stories, song lyrics, essays, humour and plays, and an autobiography, The Big Sea. Klappentext Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of 'the poet laureate of black America' - New Yorker. Vorwort Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of 'the poet laureate of black America' New Yorker. Zusammenfassung Classics edition with new introduction by Kayo Chingonyi of the essential poems of 'the poet laureate of black America' - New Yorker.

Product details

• Authors: Langston Hughes
• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.10.2020
• EAN: 9781788164511
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-451-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)