From: 
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes

This edition published in 1986 by
Pluto Press Limited, The Works. 105a Torriano. Avenue. London NW5 2RX
Pluto Press Australia Limited, PO Box 199. Leichhardt, New South Wales 2040, Australia.

First published in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, USA Copyright
Langston Hughes. 1959 / 6 5 4 3 - 1 90 89 88 8 1 86

ISBN 0 7453 0155 X



Bio (1)

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia University. His first poem in a nationally known magazine was The Negro Speaks of Rivers, which appeared in Crisis in 1921. In 1925 he was awarded the First Prize for Poetry of the magazine Opportunity, the winning poem being The Weary Blues, which gave its title to his first book of poems, published in 1926. He wrote poetry short stories. autobiography song lyrics, essays, humor and plays.
His autobiography, The Big Sea, was published by, Pluto in 1986.


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