ZORA NEALE HURSTON 1891-1960.

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ZORA NEALE HURSTON 1891-1960

General Born: 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama Moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, an all-black town Never experienced racism until after her mother died

General Pursued a literary career in Harlem Other Harlem writers (like Langston Hughes) thought of her as naïve and egotistical She didn’t write to impress the white readers. Instead, her characters were mixtures of both good and bad.

Professional Besides being a writer, Hurston also worked as a personal secretary and a maid She was committed to oral narrative and she was very good at it Studied with the famous anthropologist Franz Boas at Barnard College which got her interested in black folk traditions After graduating from college she received a fellowship to study the oral traditions of Eatonville

Professional Later supported by Mrs. R. Osgood Mason, who took most of the credit for the work Hurston was able to publish Published: Jonah’s Gourd Vine in 1934 Mules and Men in 1935 (best-selling book) Their Eyes Were Watching God in 1937 Dust Tracks on a Road in 1942 (autobiography)

End Struggled with money In 1958 she suffered a series of strokes and moved to a welfare home Died January 28, 1960 Her possessions were burned after her death but a friend managed to save her writings Buried in an unmarked grave

Sources “Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960).” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Nina Baym. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2012. 528-530. Print. Lillios, Anna. ”Hurston’s Life.” Zora Neale Hurston: Digital Archive. The Center for Humanities and Digital Research, 2016. Web. 20 July. 2016.