Zora Neale Hurston

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

5

Gender

Female

Birthday

1891-01-07

Day of death

1960-01-28 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Zora Neale Hurston

Biography

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: Jump at the Sun

    Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

  • Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

    Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

  • Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

    Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

  • Fieldwork Footage

    Fieldwork Footage

  • Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

    Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy