Zora Neale Hurston

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born

in Notasulga, Alabama, The United States

January 07, 1891

died

January 28, 1960

gender

female

website

http://www.zoranealehurston.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist and author. In 1925, shortly before entering Barnard College, Hurston became one of the leaders of the literary renaissance happening in Harlem, producing the short-lived literary magazine Fire!! along with Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman. This literary movement became the center of the Harlem Renaissance.
Hurston applied her Barnard ethnographic training to document African American folklore in her critically acclaimed book Mules and Men along with fiction Their Eyes Were Watching God and dance, assembling a folk-based performance group that recreated her Southern tableau, with one performance on Broadway.
Hurston was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to travel to Haiti and conduct research on...more

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Zora Neale Hurston's Books

Average rating: 3.82 · 109,608 ratings · 5,332 reviews · 45 distinct works · Similar authors

	Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 99,944 ratings — published 1937 — 49 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mules and Men 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,119 ratings — published 1978 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dust Tracks on a Road 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,007 ratings — published 1942 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader by Zora Neale Hurston, Mary Helen Washington (Introduction), Alice Walker (Editor) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 831 ratings — published 1979 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonah's Gourd Vine 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 738 ratings — published 1934 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 1938 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moses, Man of the Mountain 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seraph on the Suwanee 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Stories 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novels & Stories (Library of America #74) by Zora Neale Hurston, Cheryl Wall (Editor) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspiration

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“Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

1,045 people liked it

“If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don't keer if you die at dusk. It's so many people never seen de light at all.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspirational, love

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