- Born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama; however, she grew up in Eatonville, Florida. She considered it her real home.
- Eatonville was a black township with five lakes, three croquet courts, three hundred brown ckins, three hundred good swimmers, plenty guavas, two schools, and no jailhouse.
- She had a relatively good upbringing. Her mother was the main influence of her ambitions and her father was a preacher.
- Her mother died in 1904 when Zora was only thirteen years old. This began her thinkings of life.
- Her father quickly remarried to a girl that Zora almost killed in a fistfight.
- She eventually joined a Gilbert & Sullivan traveling troupe as a maid to the lead singer.
- At 26 she still hadn't finished high school. So in order for her to appear young so she could recieve free public schooling, she took off ten years of her life, saying that she was born in 1901. Always presented herself as ten years younger than she was
- She was a "handsome, big-bones woman with playful yet penetrating eyes, high cheekbones, and full, graceful mouth that was never without expression"
- Had a sense of humor
- Graduated from Barnard College in 1928
- by 1935, she published several short stories and articles, as well as a novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine, and a well-recieved collection of black Southern folklore, Mules and Men.
- Published Their Eyes Were Watching God in 1937.
- Never recieved the financial rewards she deserved. The largest sum of money she earned from her book was $943.75
- Died on January 28, 1960 at 69 from a stroke.
- Buried in a grave that remained unmarked until 1973.
I'm really looking foward to reading the book and I will post soon to tell you what I think of it!
Works Cited
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: HarperCollins, 2006.
2 comments:
Lindsay this is such a great way to fill up space on your blog! haha. i should try this technique. I'm starting to run out of things to say. Your book sounds pretty interesting. You'll have to tell me how it is.
I almost read this book so I am excited to see what you think of it! It will also be neat to see how the author's life affected the novel.
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