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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.' Updated: Apr 23, 2021. Photo: © CORBIS/Corbis...
1891-1960. By Arlisha R. Norwood, NWHM Fellow | 2017. 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.
Jan 18, 2022 · Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, showcasing the evolution of her distinctive style as an archivist and author.
Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara.
Apr 9, 2008 · View a timeline of the life and career of Harlem renaissance writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Zora Neale Hurston was a presence in the Harlem Renaissance, meeting everyone, being noticed, becoming a full-fledged member of the “niggerati,” as she called the black literary community. In 1926 she organized the short-lived radical journal Fire !! with Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman .
Nonfiction. ‘You Don’t Know Us Negroes’: Zora Neale Hurston, in Her Own Words. A new collection of essays, some appearing here for the first time, reveals the Harlem Renaissance author’s...
