Person Detail: Zora Neale Hurston

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General Information:
Full Name: Zora Neale Hurston
Biography: (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.
Author's Timeline:
1891		(Unknown) County Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notaslga, Alabama, in 1891, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida.
1960		(Unknown) County Zora Neale Hurston died in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1960.
1928		New York County Hurston received her bachelor of arts degree from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York, in 1928.
1935		(Unknown) County Mules And Men (Pub: Lippincott, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990. ISBN: ) Folklore.
1937		(Unknown) County Their Eyes Were Watching God (Pub: Lippincott, reprinted, University of Illinois Press, 1978, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990. ISBN: ) Novel.
1960		(Unknown) County Hurston was interred in the Garden of Heavenly Rest, Fort Pierce, Florida.
1934		(Unknown) County Jonah's Gourd Vine (Pub: Lippincott, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990. ISBN: ) Novel.
1939		(Unknown) County Moses, Man of the Mountain (Pub: Lippincott, reprinted, University of Illinois Press, 1984. ISBN: ) Novel.
1938		(Unknown) County Tell My Horse (Pub: Lippincott, reprinted, Turtle Island Foundation, 1981, reprinted, Harper & Row, 1990. ISBN: ) Folklore.
1942		(Unknown) County Dust Tracks on a Road (Pub: Lippincott. ISBN: ) Autobiography.
1931		(Unknown) County Fast and Furious Play.
1927		(Unknown) County The First One Play.
1991		(Unknown) County Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life Play written with Langston Hughes; written in 1930, first produced and published in 1991..
1944		(Unknown) County Polk County Play.
?		New York County Hurston lived in Manhattan, New York.