Author:Zora Neale Hurston
American author
Works[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- Negro World (1922)
Plays[edit]
- Meet the Mamma: A Musical Play in Three Acts (1925) (transcription project)
- Color Struck (1926)
- Cold Keener, a Revue (1930) (transcription project)
- De Turkey and de Law: A Comedy in Three Acts: A Comedy in Three Acts (1930) (transcription project)
- The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts (1931) (transcription project)
- Forty Yards (1931) (transcription project)
- Lawing and Jawing (1931) (transcription project)
- Poker! (1931) (transcription project)
- Woofing (1931) (transcription project)
- Spunk (1935) (transcription project)
- Stephen Kelen-d'Oxylion presents Polk County, a comedy of Negro life on a sawmill camp, with authentic Negro music, in three acts (1944) (start transcription)
Novels[edit]
- Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2029 due to Renewal R292882
- Mules and Men (1935)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2030 due to Renewal R321025
- Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032 due to Renewal R357931
- Tell My Horse (1938)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2033 due to Renewal R379484
- Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2034 due to Renewal R409859
- Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2037 due to Renewal R491995
Short stories[edit]
- John Redding Goes to Sea (1921) originally published in Stylus May 1921 and was reprinted in Opportunity, January 1926
- Drenched in Light (1924) originally published in Opportunity, December 1924
- Magnolia Flower (1925) originally published in The Spokesman, July 1925
- "Sweat", in Fire!! (1926), edited by Wallace Henry Thurman
- "Muttsy" in Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life (August 1926)
- Possum or Pig? (1926) originally published in The Forum, September 1926
- The Eatonville Anthology (1926) originally published serially in The Messenger, Sept-Nov 1926
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1928.
This author died in 1960, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 62 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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