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American anthropologist, author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston began her literary career during the Harlem Renaissance. Her best known work, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was adapted to film in 2005.
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Fast Facts
- Born: January 07, 1891
- Birthplace: Notasulga, Alabama
- Birthplace & date sometimes listed: Eatonville, Florida (1901)
- Died: January 28, 1960
- Literary Genre: Folklore fiction novels
- One of the earliest initiates of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
- Co-founded The Hilltop, Howard University's student newspaper
- Studied: Anthropology at Barnard College under Franz Boas
- Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for autobiography Dust Tracks on a Road
- Alice Walker found & marked her gravesite in 1973
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Career
Hurston's first novel Mules and Men was published in 1935 followed by Their Eyes Were Watching God in 1937.Hurston spent the last decade of her life as a freelance writer for magazines and newspapers.
Hurston died of heart disease in 1960.
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"Zora Neale Hurston's work in a range of fields contributed greatly to the preservation of African-American folk traditions, as well as to American literature." — National Women's Hall of Fame -
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Literary nerds read "The Conscience of the Court" by Zora Neale Hurston. Interesting juxtaposition of the legal & the everyday discourse.
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A woman of enormous talent and remarkable drive, Zora Neale Hurston published seven books, many short stories, and several articles and plays over a career that spanned more than thirty years. Today, nearly every black woman writer of signi...
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Zora Neale Hurston Personal Timeline
- American Memory: The Zora Neale Hurston Chronology
KavataL: Provided by the Library of Congress! - January 07, 1891: Zora Neale Hurston Born
KavataL: There is controversy about her birth date! - 1904: Zora's mother, Lucy Potts Hurston, dies; Hurston is forced to leave home and fend for self
- 1916: Maid/wardrobe girl for Gilbert and Sullivan Theater troupe
- 1917: Enrolls Morgan Academy (later Morgan State University)
- 1918: Graduates Morgan Academy and Enrolls Howard University
- 1920: Joins Zeta Phi Beta Sorority | Receives Associates Degree
- 1925: Scholarship to attend Barnard College
- 1927: Marries Herbert Sheen
- 1928: Divorces Herbert Sheen
- 1935: Works for Work Projects Administration as Folklorist
- 1936: Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1938: Works for Federal Writers' Project in Florida
- 1939: Marries Albert Price III
- 1941: Works as consultant for Paramount Pictures
- 1943: Divorces Albert Price III
- 1944: Marries and divorces James Howell Pitts
- 1948: Sexual molestation charges brought against her
- 1949: Acquitted of false molestation charges
- 1952: Works on Ruby McCollum murder case for Pittsburgh Courier
- 1955: Shunned by peers when she speaks out against desegregating schools
- 1959: Suffers strokes, moves to St. Lucia Welfare home in Florida
- January 28, 1960: Dies
- American Memory: The Zora Neale Hurston Chronology
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Notable Zora Neale Hurston Adaptations
- 2001: The Gilded Six Bits (Short)
- 2005: Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV)
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