Born: 1/7/1891 Notasulga, Alabama
Died: 1/28/1960 Fort Pierce, Florida
Zora Neale Hurston was an American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God
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- She was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of the New York Writers Hall of Fame in 2010.