Zora Neale Hurston
Also known as Zora N. Hurston
African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)
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Zora Neale Hurston was an African American writer and folklorist who lived from 1891 to 1960, known for her novels, short stories, and work documenting folklore. Her contributions to literature and civil rights advocacy helped shape American culture and preserve important aspects of African American heritage and experience.
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- Born
- 1891-01-07
- Died
- 1960-01-28
- Works
- 110
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- Their Eyes Were Watching God SparkNotes Literature Guide
- Prentice Hall Literature--Silver
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver
- Mule bone
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Writing · Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.
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- Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space — Self (archive footage)2023
- Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun — Self (archive footage)2008
- Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy — Self (archival)2005
- Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 — Herself1940
- Fieldwork Footage
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Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, an autobiography, ethnographies, and many essays. Some of her work, namely Tell My Horse (1937), explored ethnomusicological methods of study long before there were formal boundaries for the discipline, especially not boundaries that included the respectful study of communities of color. Hurston's unique background and exceptional approach to anthropology laid key foundations for the growth of ethnography, literature, and Africana Studies.
Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama, and moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894. She later used Eatonville as the setting for many of her stories. In her early career, Hurston conducted anthropological and ethnographic research as a scholar at Barnard College and Columbia University. She had an interest in African-American and Caribbean folklore, and how these contributed to the community's identity.
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