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 Langston Hughes

Born: February 1st, 1902

Died: May 22nd, 1967

Famous For:  African American Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Columnist, Part of the Harlem Renaissance

Cause of Death:  Complications after abdominal surgery related to prostate cancer

Burial Place:  Cremated; ashes located at the Schomburg Library of African American Culture in Harlem, New York


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