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Harlemský zpěvník [The Harlem Songbook]

Title

Harlemský zpěvník [The Harlem Songbook]

Subject

Black Literature in the Soviet Union

Description

This book translates selections from two books by Langston Hughes, Selected Poems of Langston Hughes (1959) and Ask Your Mama (1961). This volume is the 42nd in Mladá Fronta’s Flowers of Poetry series, which ran from 1958-2008 and spanned 242 books of Czech and translated poetry.

Creator

Langston Hughes (1902-1967), author
Jiří Valja, translator
Sylvie Vodáková, illustrator

Publisher

Prague: Mladá fronta

Date

1963

Language

Czech

Type

Book (Poetry)

Files

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Citation

Langston Hughes (1902-1967), author Jiří Valja, translator Sylvie Vodáková, illustrator, “Harlemský zpěvník [The Harlem Songbook],” Exhibits, accessed December 30, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/27035.