Langston Hughes

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  1. 3. What was Hughes comic character known as?
  2. 4. What was offered to Hughes in 1925?
  3. 5. Who did Hughes live with until his early teens?
  4. 8. What was his mothers last name?
  5. 10. Harlem became the heart of which culture?
  6. 13. Who is one of the writers, that inspired him to write?
  7. 14. In the 1930s he travelled around the states, to Japan, the Soviet Union and…?
  8. 15. Langston Hughes died on the 22 day of which month?
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  1. 1. Which tradition became more respected through his work?
  2. 2. Where was Langston Hues born?
  3. 6. He was called the … of the black poetic tradition.
  4. 7. What is one of his best known poems called?
  5. 9. Where did Hughes later buy a house?
  6. 11. What happened in Harlem in 1935? A…
  7. 12. Who else studied at the Columbia University?