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:Walt Whitman (1819-1892)Vivian Lamarque (b. 1946)Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958)Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012)Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950)Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)Primo Levi (1919-1987)Nazim Hikmet (1901-1963)Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-2017)Giuseppe Ungaretti - Rose in fiamme / Burning rosesCharles Bukowski (1920-1994)Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)