"Langston James Hughes"

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"Langston James Hughes"

“Langstone James Hughes was born in Missouri in 1902. He studied at Columbia University and he graduated at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1929. His First Novel published in 1930," Not Without Laughter ", brought him to win the gold medal Harmon for literature. In 1937 he served as a war correspondent for several American newspapers during the Spanish Civil War. James Hughes was an important Afro-American writer who wrote a lot of short stories, songs and poems like "I,too, sing America" , "Dreams" , "As I Grew Older" , "Mother To Son" , "April Rain Song" , "Cross" and "Dream Deferred". He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called Jazz Poetry. He died on 22th of May 1967 .His death was caused by a tumor.”

I, Too,Sing America

Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967 I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I’ll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody’ll dare

Say to me,

“Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

Besides,

They’ll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

ANCH’IO CANTO L'AMERICA

James Langston Hughes, 1902-1967

Anch’io canto l’America.

Io sono il fratello più scuro.

Mi mandano a mangiare in cucina

Quando vengono gli ospiti,

Ma io rido

E mangio bene,

E divento forte.

Domani,

Siederò a tavola

Quando vengono gli ospiti.

Nessuno oserà

Dire di me,

«Mangia in cucina»,

Allora.

E poi,

Vedranno come sono bello

E si vergogneranno:

Anch’io sono l’America

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"I,too,sing America"

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