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Hughes, (James) Langston (1902–1967)| US poet, novelist, and playwright. A leading black writer of his time, he published several collections of poetry, including The Weary Blues (1926); the novel Not Without Laughter (1930); and plays, including Mulatto (1935). |
| Other works include a study of music for children, The First Book of Jazz (1955); and folklore, The Book of Negro Folklore (1958). |
| Hughes often commented on the realities of black life through the figure of Jess B Simple, originally created for a newspaper column but also the hero of a series of books. |
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