Zora Neale Hurston
Also known as Zora N. Hurston
amerikansk författare och antropolog
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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 · Svenska
Zora Neale Hurston, född 7 januari 1891 i , Alabama, död 28 januari 1960 i Fort Pierce, Florida, var en amerikansk författare och antropolog. Hurston är känd för sin roman ”Their Eyes Were Watching God” från 1937, vilken är ett betydande verk inom amerikansk litteratur. Hurston studerade och forskade i antropologi vid Howard University, Barnard College och Columbia University. Hon flyttade till New York 1925, där hon spelade en central roll i Harlemrenässansen. Hon publicerade fyra romaner och uppemot 50 noveller, pjäser och essäer.
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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