Considered one of the eminent writers of twentieth-century
African-American literature, Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was
closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced
writers such as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker. She
published four novels, two volumes of folklore, an autobiography, and
several short stories and plays. This book includes a glossary,
bibliography, and index. Hurston grew up in Eatonville, Florida, was a
librarian at Patrick Air Force Base, and taught in Fort Pierce where
writer Alice Walker discovered her grave in 1973.
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