Zora Neale Hurston(1891-1960)

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Zora Neale Hurston was born on 7 January 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama, USA. She was a writer and director, known for Nola Darling n'en fait qu'à sa tête (1986), Hands Upon the Heart (1991) and Barracoon. She was married to James Howell Pitts, Albert Price III and Herbert Sheen. She died on 28 January 1960 in Saint Lucie County, Florida, USA.

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Nola Darling n'en fait qu'à sa tête

6.8

Writer

1986

Hands Upon the Heart

Writer

1991

Barracoon

TV Series

Writer

American Playhouse

7.3

TV Series

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Writer

Their Eyes Were Watching God
6.4
TV Movie
- novel
- 2005
Spunk
Video
- play
- 2003
The Gilded Six Bits
7.6
Short
- story
- 2001
Hands Upon the Heart
- adapted from a story by
- 1991
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
- based on work by
- 1990
Nola Darling n'en fait qu'à sa tête
6.8
- opening quotation
- 1986

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Born
- January 7, 1891
- Notasulga, Alabama, USA
Died
- January 28, 1960
- Saint Lucie County, Florida, USA(hypertensive heart disease)
Spouses
Other works
Book: "Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk Tales from the Gulf States".
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African-American novelist, anthropologist and folklorist.

Quotes
On connecting: Women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget..Then they act and do things accordingly.