Langston Hughes (1902-1967) 01/12/2019 05/11/2021 / By booksofart / Langston Hughes / modernism Langston Hughes was an American poet, writer and social activist. He was one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes – A Black Pierrot Langston Hughes – Mother to Son Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Related Posts:Giuseppe Conte (b. 1945)Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-2017)Camillo Sbarbaro (1888-1967)Eugenio Montale (1896-1981)James Joyce (1882-1941)Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965)Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)Walt Whitman (1819-1892)Giuseppe Ungaretti - Star / StellaPaul Verlaine (1844-1896)Primo Levi (1919-1987)Nazim Hikmet (1901-1963)