![]() Simply Heavenly, music by David Martin (produced 1957). Just Around the Corner (lyrics only), book by Abby Mann and Bernard Drew, music by Joe Sherman (produced 1951). The Barrier, music by Jan Meyerowitz (produced 1950). Street Scene (lyrics only), book by Elmer Rice, music by KurtWeill (produced 1947). In Radio Drama in Action, edited by Eric Barnouw, 1945. Jim Crow (radio script), in Negro Story, May-June 1945.īooker T. In Five Plays, 1963.ĭon't You Want to Be Free?, music by Carroll Tate (produced1937). When the Jack Hollers, with Arna Bontemps (produced 1936). Troubled Island (produced 1935 revised version, music by William Grant Still, produced 1949). Mulatto (produced 1935 original version produced 1939). The Gold Piece, in Brownies' Book, July 1921. 1967.ĭon't You Turn Back (for children), edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins. The Panther and the Lash: Poems of Our Times. Lament for Dark Peoples and Other Poems, edited by H. Scottsboro Limited: Four Poems and a Play in Verse. The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations. The Best of Simple, illustrated by Bernard Nast. Member: American Academy, 1961 American Academy of Arts and Sciences. D.Litt: Lincoln University, 1943 Howard University, Washington,ĭ.C., 1963 Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1964. Awards: Harmon gold medal, 1931 Rosenwald fellowship, 1931, 1940 Guggenheim fellowship, 1935 American Academy grant, 1946 Anisfield-Wolf award, 1953 NAACP Spingarn medal, 1960. Visiting professor of creative writing, Atlanta University, 1947 poet-in-residence, University of Chicago Laboratory School, 1949. ![]() Founder, Harlem Suitcase Theatre, New York, 1938, New Negro Theatre, Los Angeles, 1939, and Skyloft Players, Chicago, 1941. English teacher in Mexico, 1920-21 seaman, 1923-24 busboy, Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1925 Madrid correspondent, Baltimore Afro-American, 1937 columnist ("Simple"), Chicago Defender, 1943-67 columnist, New York Post, 1962-67. Career: During World War II, member of the Music and Writers war boards. Education: Central High School, Cleveland, 1916-20 Columbia University, New York, 1921-22 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania (Witter Bynner award, 1926), 1926-29, B.A. Upon graduating from high school in June 1920, Hughes returned to Mexico to live with his father, hoping to convince him to support his plan to attend Columbia University.Nationality: American. He lived briefly with his father in Mexico in 1919. Hughes had a very poor relationship with his father, whom he seldom saw as a child. When his grandmother died in his early teens Langston moved and ended up in Ohio with his mother. Inspired by his grandmother Langston felt he had a duty to help his race. Hughes identified with neglected and downtrodden black people all his life, and glorified them in his work. In his autobiography "The Big Sea", he stated "I was unhappy for a long time, and very lonesome, living with my grandmother". Through the black American traditions and drawing from the activist experiences of her generation, Mary Langston instilled in her grandson a lasting sense of racial pride. He grew up living with his grandmother who raised him. Hughes didn't live with his mother until he was about 12 years old. Even though Langston's mother was away a lot she would send him letters, but he never responded. She tries to explain to him she did the best she could possibly do. In the play a man who died at a young age rises up out of his casket and begins to criticize his mother for the lack of care she gave him. ![]() You can see Langston's complicated relationship with his mother portrayed in his play " Soul Gone Home". His mom wasn't around much and his father lived in Mexico. The conflict between becoming a writer and a normal working man created tension in his family. Hughes had a complex relationship with his parents. ![]()
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