Zora Neale Hurston
1891 - 1960
General Information
Bio
(1891-1960) African American fiction writer, novelist. Born in Alabama in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston was educated at Howard University and at Barnard College, specializing in folklore and anthropology, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1936. She co-founded the magazine “Fire” with Langston Hughes. She lived in Manhattan, New York. In 2003 the United States Postal Service issued its nineteenth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Zora Neale Hurston.
Full Name
Zora Neale Hurston
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Hurston lived in Manhattan, New York.
1891
BIRTH
Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notaslga, Alabama, in 1891, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida.
1927
LITWORK
The First One
Play.
Play.
1928
RESIDENCE
Hurston received her bachelor of arts degree from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York, in 1928.
1931
LITWORK
Fast and Furious
Play.
Play.
1934
LITWORK
Jonah's Gourd Vine
Lippincott, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Novel.
Lippincott, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Novel.
1935
LITWORK
Mules And Men
Lippincott, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Folklore.
Lippincott, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Folklore.
1937
LITWORK
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Lippincott, reprinted, University of Illinois Press, 1978, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Novel.
Lippincott, reprinted, University of Illinois Press, 1978, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Novel.
1938
LITWORK
Tell My Horse
Lippincott, reprinted, Turtle Island Foundation, 1981, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Folklore.
Lippincott, reprinted, Turtle Island Foundation, 1981, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990.
Folklore.
1939
LITWORK
Moses, Man of the Mountain
Lippincott, reprinted, University of Illinois Press, 1984.
Novel.
Lippincott, reprinted, University of Illinois Press, 1984.
Novel.
1942
LITWORK
Dust Tracks on a Road
Lippincott.
Autobiography.
Lippincott.
Autobiography.
1944
LITWORK
Polk County
Play.
Play.
1960
DEATH
Zora Neale Hurston died in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1960.
1960
INTERMENT
Hurston was interred in the Garden of Heavenly Rest, Fort Pierce, Florida.
1991
LITWORK
Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life
Play written with Langston Hughes; written in 1930, first produced and published in 1991..
Play written with Langston Hughes; written in 1930, first produced and published in 1991..
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