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- 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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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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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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Zora Neale Hurston Questions
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Did Farrah and her mother ever reconcile after her mother disowned her for living with Ryan O'neal? Where can I read about that. 1 AnswerI couldn't find any archives of Farrah on the Phil Donahue show. I have dug up some information on her mother, Pauling Alice Evans Fawcett, but there is no ment... read more -
What position did Neal Wolin get in the Obama Administration? 2 AnswersDeputy Counsel to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Assistant to the President. He was COO of Hartford Financial Services Property and Casualty Opera... read more -
Give a review of Neal Stephenson's recent novel "Anathem." 2 AnswersVery long, and boring. So boring it actually transcends boring and discovers a new dimension of boring that is impossible to describe. It actually has to be ex... read more -
What does the Deputy Counsel to the President for Economic Policy actually do? 2 AnswersWell, according to Tradingmarkets.com--Quote--Wolin will work in the White House as deputy counsel to the president for economic policy and as a deputy assistan... read more
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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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dust tracks on a road. by zora neale hurston
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is reading "Wrapped In Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston" for class this evening.
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Nice RT @PhlySoul: RT @beautynubian: The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
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RT @beautynubian The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
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@beautynubian isn't Zora Neale Hurston a hoodoo lady?
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