Langston Hughes Medal

Langston Hughes Medal Advisory Committee
Named after Langston Hughes
Director
 Retha Powers
Director
 Charles Frye
Chair of English
 Elizabeth Mazzola
Key people
 Cheryl Sterling
Jodi-Ann Francis
Emily Raboteau
Norval Soleyn
Gordon E. Thompson
David Unger
Linda Villarosa
Erec Koch

The Langston Hughes Medal has been awarded annually since 1978 to recognize an influential and distinguished writer associated with the African diaspora for their "impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama-autobiography and critical essays that help to celebrate the memory and tradition of Langston Hughes".[1]

Recipients

Recipients of the Langston Hughes medallion[2] are:

References

  1. ↑ "Langston Hughes Festival", The City College of New York.
  2. ↑ "Medallion Recipients", Langston Hughes Festival, The City College of New York.
  3. ↑ "Acclaimed Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Receives CCNY Langston Hughes Medal", CUNY, November 3, 2005.
  4. ↑ Herb Boyd, "Edwidge Danticat received Langston Hughes Medal", Amsterdam News, November 28, 2011.
  5. ↑ Austin Arrington, "Walter Mosley, Recipient of the 2014 Langston Hughes Medal", Harlem Times.
  6. ↑ James Harney, "Famed poet, playwright, novelist Ntozake Shange wins 2016 Langston Hughes Medal", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Zadie Smith Wins CCNY’s Langston Hughes Medal", CUNY, August 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ Deon Brown, "Children’s Writer Wins Langston Hughes Medal", Jamaica Gleaner, December 4, 2015.
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