- Zora was born in 1891 and died in 1960
- Zora was born in Notasulga, Alabama
- She was educated at Howard university, Barnard College and at Columbia University.
- She was an American writer and folklorist, whose anthropological study of her racial heritage influenced the Harlem renaissance writers of the 1930's.
- Hurston was a fiction wrote and was commonly known for her metaphorical language, her story telling abilities and her interest in and celebration of Southern black culture.
- Her best-known novel is Their eyes were Watching God, written in 1937.
- Her other novels consist of Jonah's Gourd Vine and Seraph on the Suwane.
- Through out her career she addressed issue of race and gender, often relating them to the search for freedom.
- Hurston died before her literary works were not recognized.
- In 1970 Hurston's works were rediscovered by a new generation of black writers, and many of her works were republished.
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