ZORA NEALE HURSTON
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
Born January 7, 1891
Notasulga, AL, USA
Died January 28, 1960
Fort Pierce, FL, USA
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Author and anthropologist, considered one of the pre-eminent African American writers of the 20th century
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Best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God; published four novels and over 50 short stories, plays and essays
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Rediscovered by writer Alice Walker, who called her “a genius of the south”
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Established a school of dramatic arts at Bethune-Cookman College in 1934
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Served on the faculty at North Carolina College for Negroes, which became North Carolina Central University
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