Category: Langston Hughes Medal

Categories: Prestigious Awards

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This category contains profiles of recipients of the Langston Hughes Medal.

Awarded annually by the Langston Hughes Festival of the City College of New York since 1978. The Langston Hughes Medal "is awarded to highly distinguished writers from throughout the African American diaspora for their impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that help to celebrate the memory and tradition of James Mercer Hughes (1901-1967)."

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes_Medal

James Baldwin 02 Aug 1924 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 01 Dec 1987

Gwendolyn Brooks 07 Jun 1917 Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States - 03 Dec 2000

Octavia Butler 22 Jun 1947 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States - 24 Feb 2006

Yolande Giovanni 07 Jun 1943 Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States - 09 Dec 2024

Marguerite (Johnson) Angelou 04 Apr 1928 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 28 May 2014

George Lamming 08 Jun 1927 Carrington, Saint Michael, Barbados - 04 Jun 2022

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