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<h1>American Poet Langston Hughes 113th birthday</h1>
The 113th birthday of American artist and lobbyist Langston Hughes has been stamped with an animated Google Doodle.
James Mercer Langston Hughes Born on February 1 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. First book of poetry published in 1924.
Langston Hughes known for his "colourful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through to the sixties", according to the Academy of American Poets.
Best 5 quotes of Langston Hughes
1) “Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas” - I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey, 1956
2) My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” -The Negro Speaks of Rivers, 1920
3) Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” -”April Rain Song”
4) "Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” - Montage of a Dream Deferred, 1951
5) “7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 – love.” - The Collected Poems, 1995
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