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His Work/ Career   Jelena S.                                               A leader of the Harlem Renaissance he was also great poet, activist, novelist and playwright

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His Work/ Career   Jelena S.                                               A leader of the Harlem Renaissance he was also great poet, activist, novelist and playwright

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-Hughes wrote many types of literature such as novels, short stories and plays, but he was mostly known for his poetry.
-In his poetry he captured the rhythms of jazz, jazz was a musical form in his day

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Studied engineering, opposed to writing at Columbia University upon his father's request

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Hughes wrote eleven plays and countless works of prose, including the well-known “Simple” books: Simple Speaks His Mind, (Simon & Schuster, 1950); Simple Stakes a Claim, (Rinehart, 1957); Simple Takes a Wife, (Simon & Schuster, 1953); and Simple’s Uncle Sam (Hill and Wang, 1965). He published his first poem in 1921.
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Her career    Jelena S.                          She was an American poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923

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Her career    Jelena S.                          She was an American poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923

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Langston won a Spingarn Medal for advancing opportunities for colored people, He won another award- the Anisfield-Wolf book award for having such dedication and understanding racism in his literature.
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Hughes combined blues, black spirituality, colloquial speech, and black winds in his poem. Hughes is an influential cultural organizer and has published numerous anthologies of black literature and established black theatrical groups in Los Angeles, Chicago, as well as New York.

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She was five feet tall. She was born in Rockland, Maine, and born on February 22, 1892. She was a poet.

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Langston Hughes was one of the main figures in the Harlem Renaissance, a creative  movement among African Americans that took place in the 1920s in the New York city community of Harlem.
-Tehani Ulufatu

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He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry.

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William Saroyan died because of prostate cancer when he was 72 years of age. William died in fresno. -Gregory Miall

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William Saroyan was raised in an orphanage for four years after his father died.

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Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902.  As a young child his parents divorced so he and his father moved to Mexico. He was raised by his grandmother until 13 when he went to live with his mother and her husband. After graduating from high school he  attended Columbia University in New York City.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes

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Langston Hughes found the idea of communism interesting as an alternative to segregation.

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-Millay began writing when she was 5 years old, and published her first poem when she was only 14. As she grew older she developed in her writing
-She published many pieces of poetry in her lifetime and became a central figure in New York literary circles

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-Langston Hughes was one of the main figures in the Harlem Renaissance
-Hughes was a prolific and varied writer
-His more than fifty books include novels, short stories, plays, histories, children's books, and autobiographies
-Hughes is known mostly for his poetry
-His poems were some of the first to capture the rhythms of jazz, a musical form that was young in his day

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-He was raised by his grandma
-Worked as a seaman
-Won Harmon Gold Medal for Literature
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes

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Refused to accept the Pulitzer Award for his play, The Time Of Your Life, on the grounds that it was "not good nor great."

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Hughes was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art of jazz poetry.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay studied piano, theatre, and spoke 6 different languages.

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Dimitrios Sgouropoulos          He made his impact on writing during the depression. His first play was titled: My Heart's in the Highlands produced in 1939. He was the son of an Armenian immigrant and decided to school himself at the age of 15. He wrote most of his masterpieces in Paris, France where he decided to live there for "Tax Purposes".

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Dimitrios Sgouropoulos          He made his impact on writing during the depression. His first play was titled: My Heart's in the Highlands produced in 1939. He was the son of an Armenian immigrant and decided to school himself at the age of 15. He wrote most of his masterpieces in Paris, France where he decided to live there for "Tax Purposes".

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http://bit.ly/2hTGRzg

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William Saroyan was born in Fresno, with parents (who were both immigrants) and a father who died when he was only three. His mother gave him up for a while till she was ready,  therefore, he spent most of his life in an orphanage. Later, his mother reunited the small family, and Saroyan turned to selling newspapers, to earn money. He dropped out of school at 15, and became fascinated with books.

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William Saroyan, the Oscar Winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient gained fame with his book "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze."

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-Was recognized as an important liturgy figure during the 1920s
-He is referring to himself in this anecdote.
- Is height was 5'4" (1.63m)
-Is albums are Weary Blues and The Dream Keeper and Other poems of Langston Hughes
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69395/the-negro-artist-and-the-racial-mountain
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CAHPZV_enUS773US773&biw=1366&bih=629&q=Langston+Hughes+The+Dream+Keeper+and+Other+Poems+of+Langston+Hughes&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLQz9U3SCozM1Li1U_XNzRMMo8vKzBIqtASz0620s8tLc5M1k8sKsksLrFKzEkqzS1-xOjHLfDyxz1hKddJa05eY7TnwqVSSIWLzTWvJLOkUkiKi0cKbpMGgxQXF5zHAwArmsuJhQAAAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq_4iKyN_XAhXhiFQKHRj8B88Qri4IJg&safe=active&ssui=on

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Within 4 years after his books were published from a random house, he had published six books, and had three plays running repetitively on Broadway. His work is taught in schools to all ages, and his plays are produced all over the world.

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Edna St.Vincent Millay was born and raised in Rockland , Maine. The oldest of three girls, she was given books and music lessons by her mother who encouraged her lead an artists life. Millay published many volumes of poetry in her lifetime, one of which earned her the first Pulitzer Prize for poetry awarded women.
-Tehani Ulufatu

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-Langston Hughes a large amount of poetry, but also eleven plays.

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Work/ Career        Jelena S.                   He was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. 

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Work/ Career        Jelena S.                   He was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. 

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- He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form from jazz poetry

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He was a assistant cook.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes

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-He wrote mostly in the Great Depression and wrote mostly about joy, poverty, sadness, and aspects or feelings of life
-He was concerned by the amount of goodness in human beings
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Saroyan

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-She was 19 when she published her first book Renaissance
-She was a major figure in World War I
http://millay.org/aboutmillay.php

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She won 4th place in ''The Lyric Year''' with one of her poems.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/edna-st-vincent-millay

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-He wrote mostly his family and other Armenian immigrants he had known when he was younger.
-His play "The Time of Your life" won a Pulitzer Prize in 1940. He refused to accept the award because he thought it wasn't better than any of his other works.

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SHe married Eugen Boissevain.

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Hughes was a regular contributor to his school's literary magazine, and always submitted to other  magazines on poetry, although they would always reject him.
https://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313

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Millay was only 19 years of age when she published one of her most famous poems, "Renascence".

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William Saroyan didn't accept the  Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1940.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Saroyan

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Edna St. Vincent Millay was known to her family as "vincent." she was named after the St, Vincent hospital in New York city, where her uncle had received care.

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Slipped three poems into Vachel Lindsay's bag who liked them, so he got a scholarship to Lincoln University.

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Her father left them in 1899, after being asked by the mother, who was already raising three daughters.

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William Saroyan was awarded the Pulitzer prize for drama in 1940 and the academy award for for best film of his novel The Human Comedy" in 1943.

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In 1924, Edna and some others founded the Cherry Lane Theater.

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Relationship with her Mother (Chandler Sato)

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Relationship with her Mother (Chandler Sato)

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Edna had a very strong relationship with her mother as she had divorced form the "frivolous"  Henry Millay. Her mother was always interested in Edna's works and did not ever not support her.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edna-st-vincent-millay

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She is one of the most respected poets in American History. She was also greatly known for her political stances, portrayal of hetero and homosexuality and above all her expression of female experience.

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How Edna St. Vincent Millay died.- Gregory Miall

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How Edna St. Vincent Millay died.- Gregory Miall

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Edna St.Vincent Millay died from a heart attack around 3:30 people found her laying died on the stairs and the doctors made a prediction that she had a heart attack. Edna died when she was 58.

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William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California, the son of immigrants from Armenia. he spent his childhood in an orphanage and left school at fifteen.
-Tehani Ulufatu

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Mine the Harvest, A Collection of New Poem, Edited by her sister, Norma Millay, and posthumously published by Harper & Brothers, 1954. This collection consists of the poems that Edna St. Vincent Millay was preparing at the time of her death

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Gabriel Delgado: Praise from other poets

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Gabriel Delgado: Praise from other poets

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Poet Richard Wilbur said that Millay, "wrote some of the best sonnets of the century."

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William Saroyan married Carol Marcus and had two children, Aram and Lucy. Aram became an author, and Lucy became an actress.

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Millay was the oldest of three girls, she was given books and music lessons by her mother
-Millay began writing poems when she was five
She published her first poem when she was fourteen

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Many of William's works were based on his childhood, as many of the characters were young boys. He also portrayed a type of fundamental goddess within his characters.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-saroyan-is-born

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Saroyan wrote about the joys of living during the Depression, a time of suffering, war, hunger, and poverty. No one really had a reason to live during this time of doubt, but he wrote poems about the many joys of life.

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Her Family encouraged her to value culture and literature.
https://www.biography.com/people/edna-st-vincent-millay-9408293

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His parents divorced when he was young and moved to Mexico which could qualify for a bad childhood. He began to write his poems after moving to Cleveland, Ohio. His novel, Not without Laughter won the Harmon Gold medal for literature.

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Edna won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry as she had outstanding Literature and she won the Robert Frost Medal "distinguished lifetime service to American poetry." With a reward of $5,000
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Won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. She was the third woman to win the award for poetry.

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How Langston Hughes died.- Gregory Miall

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How Langston Hughes died.- Gregory Miall

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Langston Hughes died

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William has won numerous awards such as the Pulitzer prize for drama,  The academy award for best story, and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play
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How do these authors childhoods differ and are similar and how are their writings styles similar/ different?

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-William Saroyan was born in Fresno,California
-He was the son of immigrants of Armenia
-He spent part of his childhood in an orphanage and left school at fifteen

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-Langston died after complications in abdominal surgery
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-Hughes wrote many types of literature such as novels, short stories and plays, but he was mostly known for his poetry.
-In his poetry he captured the rhythms of jazz, jazz was a musical form in his day
(Textbook)

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-Millay began writing when she was 5 years old, and published her first poem when she was only 14. As she grew older she developed in her writing
-She published many pieces of poetry in her lifetime and became a central figure in New York literary circles
(textbook)

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-Millay began writing when she was 5 years old, and published her first poem when she was only 14. As she grew older she developed in her writing
-She published many pieces of poetry in her lifetime and became a central figure in New York literary circles
(textbook)

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Langston Hughes had a lot of famous poems such as "Montage of a Dream Deferred," "I, Too" and etc.

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As a young child, his parents had divorce and this left him a very miserable childhood. As he grew older, he lived with his grandmother and went to high school and university. He worked as an assistant cook, a busboy and a launderer. He then won a gold medal for literature because of his book, Not Without Laugh. He continued writing books and poem and he died because of cancer.
(https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes)

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Millay didn't have such a good childhood because her father left her mother, her siblings and her. She entered a poem contest and she won fourth place which help her get into a college. She continued writing poems and even made her own movies. She made lots of good relationships with lots of people. Later, she published her first book, Renascence and Other Poems and her first movie, The Lamp and the Bell. As she grew, she continued writing books and was married to Eugen Boissevain. In the end, she died in 1950.
(https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/edna-st-vincent-millay)

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His childhood was not miserable and was not wonderful. He left school at the age fifteen and had to educate himself by reading books and writing. He wrote plays and stories. Most of them were about his family, and childhood.
(https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Saroyan)

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Saroyan wanted to become a writer when his mom gave him some of his dad's writings. A few of his first short articles were published in the Overland Monthly. His first stories came in the 30's .
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4095.William_Saroyan

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Millay also found success as a playwright, penning the popular opera The King's Henchman in 1927.

Her popularity grew, and she went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for her fourth book, The Ballad of the Harp Weaver. Most notably, in this work she coined the phrase, "My candle burns at both ends."

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William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy.
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