Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Oxford University Press, USA (1988), Paperback, 512 pages
Description
February 1, 2002 marks the 100th birthday of Langston Hughes. To commemorate the centennial of his birth, Arnold Rampersad has contributed new Afterwords to both volumes of his highly-praised biography of this most extraordinary and prolific American writer. In young adulthood Hughes possessed a nomadic but dedicated spirit that led him from Mexico to Africa and the Soviet Union to Japan, and countless other stops around the globe. Associating with political activists, patrons, and fellow artists, and drawing inspiration from both Walt Whitman and the vibrant Afro-American culture, Hughes soon
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — Biography/Autobiography — 1986)
Ambassador Book Award (Winner — Biography/Autobiography — 1987)
Language
Original publication date
1986
Physical description
512 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0195054261 / 9780195054262
Local notes
OCLC = 2166
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