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The Big Sea (1940) is an autobiographical work by Langston Hughes. In it, he tells his experience of being a writer of color in Paris, France, and his experiences living in New York, where he faced injustices surrounding systematic racism.
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4.22. 1,858 ratings209 reviews. Introduction by Arnold Rampersad. Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs.
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Big Sea is the first book in the autobiographical series of African-American poet Langston Hughes. Published in 1940, when Hughes was 38, the volume retraces his early childhood, adolescence, and initial years trying to succeed as a writer and artist of minority status in New York and Paris.
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Aug 12, 2014 · The big sea. by. Langston Hughes. Publication date. 1993. Topics. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography, African American poets -- Biography, Harlem Renaissance, Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Publisher.
Feb 15, 2022 · Book Description. The Big Sea (1940) is a novel by American poet Langston Hughes. It chronicles Hughes’s life as a young adult in Harlem and Paris in the 1920s. In Paris, he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. In Harlem, he was a rising young poet at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.
August 25, 1940. A Negro Intellectual Tells His Life Story. By KATHERINE WOODS. THE BIG SEA. By Langston Hughes. It is fifteen years since Vachel Lindsay brought a new item of literary...
Sep 5, 2023 · Last Updated September 5, 2023. In this initial volume of his autobiography, Langston Hughes tells of his struggles to become a writer and develop his identity as an African American man in the...
