Zora Neale Hurston

Writing

Born: 1891-01-07

Died: 1960-01-28

From: Notasulga, Alabama, USA

Gender: Female

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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 & Nominations7 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Alabama Women's Hall of Fame

2013

🏆 Won

National Women's Hall of Fame

1994

🏆 Won

Florida Women's Hall of Fame

1984

🏆 Won

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

1943

🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

1937

🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

1936

🏆 Won

Florida Artists Hall of Fame

Acting5 titles

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

2008Documentary

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

1940Documentary

Fieldwork Footage

Fieldwork Footage

1928Documentary

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

2023Documentary

Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

Zora Neale Hurston: A Heart with Room for Every Joy

Directing4 titles

Ethnographic Films

Ethnographic Films

1929Documentary

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940

1940Documentary

Fieldwork Footage

Fieldwork Footage

1928Documentary

Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves

Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves

Writing2 titles

The Gilded Six Bits

The Gilded Six Bits

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Camera2 titles

Fieldwork Footage

Fieldwork Footage

1928Documentary

Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves

Kossula: Last of the Takkoi Slaves