Langston Hughes Medal
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]
| 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 |
Recipients
Recipients of the Langston Hughes medallion[2] are:
- Chinua Achebe (1993)
- Hilton Als (2018)[3]
- Maya Angelou (1991)
- James Baldwin (1978)
- Toni Cade Bambara (1981)
- Amiri Baraka (1989)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1979)
- Sterling A. Brown (1982)
- Dennis Brutus (1987)
- Octavia Butler (2005)[4]
- Alice Childress (1990)
- Lucille Clifton (2003)
- Jayne Cortez (2001)
- Edwidge Danticat (2011)[5]
- Ralph W. Ellison (1984)
- James A. Emanuel (2003)
- Ernest Gaines (1994)
- Nikki Giovanni (1996)
- John Oliver Killens (1980)
- George Lamming (1998)
- Paule Marshall (1981)
- Toni Morrison (1981)
- Walter Mosley (2014)[6]
- Albert Murray (1997)
- Arnold Rampersad (2003)
- Raymond R. Patterson (1986)
- Ishmael Reed (1995)
- Sonia Sanchez (1999)
- Ntozake Shange (2016)[7]
- Zadie Smith (2017)[8]
- Wole Soyinka (2000)
- Sekou Sundiata (2003)
- Derek Walcott (2002)
- Alice Walker (1988)
- Margaret Walker Alexander (1983)
- John Edgar Wideman (2004)
- Gregory H. Williams (2008)
- August Wilson (1992)
- Jacqueline Woodson (2015)[9]
References
- "Langston Hughes Festival", The City College of New York.
- "Medallion Recipients", Langston Hughes Festival, The City College of New York.
- "Critic, author Hilton Als wins CCNY's Langston Hughes Medal". amsterdamnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- "Acclaimed Sci-Fi Author Octavia Butler Receives CCNY Langston Hughes Medal", CUNY, November 3, 2005.
- Herb Boyd, "Edwidge Danticat received Langston Hughes Medal", Amsterdam News, November 28, 2011.
- Austin Arrington, "Walter Mosley, Recipient of the 2014 Langston Hughes Medal", Harlem Times.
- James Harney, "Famed poet, playwright, novelist Ntozake Shange wins 2016 Langston Hughes Medal", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 24, 2016.
- "Zadie Smith Wins CCNY’s Langston Hughes Medal", CUNY, August 31, 2017.
- Deon Brown, "Children’s Writer Wins Langston Hughes Medal", Jamaica Gleaner, December 4, 2015.
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