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He is best known as a poet,.
About the Author: Langston Hughes (1902-67) was born in Joplin, Missouri, was educated at Lincoln University, and lived for most of his life in New York City.
Simple may have shared his readers feelings of loss and dispossession, but he also cheered them on with his wonderful wit and passion for life.
Simple, Simple to his fans, made weekly appearances beginning in 1943 in Langston Hughes\' column in the Chicago Defender.
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