Zora Neale Hurston
Known For
Writing
Born
January 7, 1891
Died
January 28, 1960 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Notasulga, Alabama, USA
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.