Zora Neale Hurston

Known For: Writing
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: January 7, 1891
Day of Death: January 28, 1960 (69 years old)
Place of Birth: Notasulga, Alabama, USA
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.