USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Zora Neale Hurston was a scholar whose ethnographic research made her a pioneer writer of “folk fiction” about the black South, making her a prominent writer in the Harlem Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hurston’s novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South. Her work in anthropology examined black folklore. Hurston influenced many writers, forever cementing her place in history as one of the foremost female writers of the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hurston is known for her work in writing books, novels, and short stories, but she has also written a number of poems during her career which includes the famous poem entitled How it Feels to be Colored by Me.

Detailed explanation-4: -Her novels went relatively unrecognized by the literary world for decades. In 1975, fifteen years after Hurston’s death, interest in her work was revived after author Alice Walker published an article, “In Search of Zora Neale Hurston” (later retitled “Looking for Zora”), in the March issue of Ms. magazine that year.