... three years later. In 1930 his first novel, Not without Laughter, in which he won the Harmon gold medal for literature. Hughes, who claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his influences, which helped him make him known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He wrote novels, short stories ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
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• Grade Level: High School