Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Author: Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991

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Langston Hughes

Hughes in 1902

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue" which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue". 1936 photo by Carl Van Vechten

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James Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist,  novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry.

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Barbara Chase-Riboud

Sculptor, painter, novelist, and poet, Barbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939 in Philadelphia) is both an internationally acclaimed visual artist and award-winning poet. c. 1966

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