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Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891: 17 : 5 – January 28, 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou . [3]
Jun 28, 2024 · Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated the African American culture of the rural South. Her notable novels include Mules and Men, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Moses, Man of the Mountain.
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Zora Neale Hurston to Posthumously Publish New Novel, Inspired by Biblical Figure Herod the Great, in 2025 (Exclusive)
Beloved Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston has a new novel, set to hit shelves in 2025. PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the cover of Hurston’s posthumous novel, The Life of Herod the ...
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A new novel by Zora Neale Hurston reimagines the biblical King Herod
Over 60 years after her death, Zora Neale Hurston’s writing still astounds — and soon, lovers of her work will have a new offering from the acclaimed ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance and author of the masterwork 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
Zora Hurston was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist. Hurston’s novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South. Her work in anthropology examined Black folklore.
Zora Neale Hurston knew how to make an entrance. On May 1, 1925, at a literary awards dinner sponsored by Opportunity magazine, the earthy Harlem newcomer turned heads and raised eyebrows as she claimed four awards: a second-place fiction prize for her short story “Spunk,” a second-place award in drama for her play Color Struck , and two ...
Feb 14, 2022 · The Zora Neale Hurston We Don’t Talk About. In the new nonfiction collection “You Don’t Know Us Negroes,” what emerges is a writer who mastered a Black idiom but seldom championed race...
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. It is considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance, and Hurston's best known work. The novel explores protagonist Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny".
