Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist.

Major Works

• The Weary Blues 1926
• Fine Clothes to the Jew 1927
• Not Without Laughter ? novel - 1930
• Mule-Bone (with Zora Neale Hurston) ? play- 1932
• The Ways of White Folks 1934 Stories.
• Mulatto ? play ? 1935
• The Big Sea 1940 The first of two autobiographical volumes.
• Shakespeare in Harlem 1942
• Fields of Wonder 1947
• Street Scene ? musical based on the play by Elmer Rice, 1947
• One-Way Ticket (musical play) 1949. Hughes wrote the lyrics for this musical.
• Simple Speaks His Mind (1950) The first collection of columns from the Chicago Defender featuring Jesse B. Semple, or Simple, a Harlem original and creation of Hughes.
• Montage of a Dream Deferred 1951
• Laughter to Keep from Crying 1952
• Simple Takes a Wife 1953
• I Wonder as I Wander 1956 The second volume of autobiography.
• Simple Stakes a Claim 1957
• Simply Heavenly 1957 A musical based on the Simple books.
• The Langston Hughes Reader 1958
• Ask Your Mama, 1961
• The Best of Simple, 1961.
• Black Nativity - play, 1961
• Something in Common 1963
• Tambourines to Glory - musical play 1963
• Jericho-Jim Crow ? musical play - 1964. Co-directed by Alvin Ailey
• Simple's Uncle Sam 1965
• The Return of Simple Akiba Sullivan Harper ed. 1994.
• The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Arnold Rampersad, ed.. Vintage, 1995.