Zora Neale Hurston
Also known as Zora N. Hurston
romancière, nouvelliste, folkloriste, anthropologue, journaliste, dramaturge, militante des droits civiques
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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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Person · Open Library
- 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.
Known for
- 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
Article · Français
Zora Neale Hurston, née le 7 janvier 1891 à Notasulga dans l'État de l'Alabama, et morte le 28 janvier 1960 à Fort Pierce dans l'État de la Floride est une romancière, nouvelliste, essayiste, dramaturge, anthropologue, folkloriste et journaliste américaine qui est une des figures majeures du mouvement culturel afro-américain dit de la Renaissance de Harlem, notamment avec son roman Their Eyes Were Watching God qui célèbre la culture afro-américaine dans la ruralité du Sud. Elle fait partie des co-auteurs du manifeste Fire !! pour une esthétique afro-américaine libre. Élève de Franz Boas, elle a contribué à l'élaboration d'une anthropologie des traditions orales afro-américaines, elle a également mis en valeur la culture caribéenne exposée par son essai Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica. Zora Neale Hurston est l'auteure afro-américaine qui fut la plus lue de son temps.
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1891 births1960 deaths20th-century African-American scientists20th-century African-American women writers20th-century African-American writers20th-century American anthropologists20th-century American dramatists and playwrights20th-century American journalists20th-century American non-fiction writers20th-century American novelists20th-century American scientists