1. Why is it important to know something about the author of a story before you begin reading it? What does it help you do? What does it help you understand?
ANSWER: so you can have a better understanding about what the author has been through and maybe why he/she is writting about what hteir writting about.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA:Born in Notasulga, Alabama. grew up in Florida.
attended Howard University while working as a manicurist.
MAJOR WRITINGS and BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
there eyes were watching god-daughter of x slave and her three husbands. set in a black community in rural Florida.
dust tracks on a road- account of her life, impoverished childhood, and her position as one of the major figures in the Harlem Renaissance
AWARDS and HONORS:Rosenwald Foundation Fellowship,Guggenheim Fellowship, Honorary Doctorate,Morgan State College, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award,Distinguished Alumni Award, Howard University,
Education and Human Relations Award, Bethune-Bookman College
TYPICAL SUBJECT MATTER/THEMES:
racism, black culture, black community, slavery
POPULARITY and CRITICISM:Zora Neale Hurston's popularity waned,
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