| Women We Admire Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) |
Though she was forgotten in the years immediately after her death in 1960, Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the most influential African-American writers of the early 20th century. For years, Hurston worked as an anthropologist, collecting folk stories of the black cultures in Jamaica, Haiti, Bermuda, and Florida. She lived in New York in the 1930s and was a charismatic presence within the Harlem Renaissance.
Hurston's four novels, two plays, and numerous short stories and essays display an overarching affirmation of the value of African-American culture. Her 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is considered to be her most important literary contribution. Hurston's work was brought back to preeminence in the 1970s by author Alice Walker, and others, who considered her a great influence on their work.
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