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Langston Huges was born in Juplin Montanta.
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Hughes had a rootless and often lonely childhood, living with his grandmother in Kansas and then with family friends after her death in 1912.
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Hughes entered Columbia University in the fall of 1921.The high school Langston Hughes grauted from was Central High School.
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His first book of poetry was The Weary Blues. But his first novel was the Not Without Laughter which won a harmon gold medal.
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His major early influences were Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, as well as the black poets Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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Langston Hughes traveled to West Africa and to Europe to get some insipration about poetry.
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Both of his parents split up when he was the age of 5 fouring him to live with his grandma.
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Langston Hughes died of cancer in octomber 22 1967.
