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Langston Hughes was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer and newspaper columnist. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.
James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri. His parents divorced when he was a small child, and his father moved to Mexico. He was raised by his grandmother until he was thirteen, when he moved to Lincoln, Illinois, to live with his mother and her husband, before the family eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. It was in Lincoln, Illinois, that Hughes began writing poetry.
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