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Zora Neale Hurston

Writing

Born January 7, 1891 · Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Died January 28, 1960

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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.

Awards & recognition

  • Alabama Women's Hall of Fame · 2013
  • National Women's Hall of Fame · 1994
  • Florida Women's Hall of Fame · 1984
  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 1943
  • Guggenheim Fellowship · 1937
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  • Guggenheim Fellowship · 1936
  • Florida Artists Hall of Fame

Filmography4 titles

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

2008as Self (archive footage)

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

1940as Herself

Fieldwork Footage

1928Director, Director of Photography

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

2023as Self (archive footage)