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Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston, (born January 7, 1891, Notasulga, Alabama, U.S.—died January 28, 1960, Fort Pierce, Florida), American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated the African American culture of the rural South. Top Questions
When was Zora Neale Hurston born? Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891, but she claimed to have been born in 1901 in order to receive a high school education even though she was already in her mid-20s. Where did Zora Neale Hurston grow up? Zora Neale Hurston grew up in Eatonville, Florida, the first incorporated all-black town in the country. What were Zora Neale Hurston’s contributions? Zora Neale Hurston was a scholar whose ethnographic research made her a pioneer writer of “folk fiction” about the black South, making her a prominent writer in the Harlem Renaissance. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is her most celebrated novel. Where was Zora Neale Hurston educated? Zora Neale Hurston attended Howard University from 1921 to 1924 before winning a scholarship to Barnard College to study anthropology under Franz Boas.