Author:Zora Neale Hurston

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Zora Neale Hurston
(1891–1960)

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American author

Works

Poetry

Negro World (1922)

Plays

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

Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2030 due to Renewal R292882
Mules and Men (1935)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2031 due to Renewal R321025
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2033 due to Renewal R357931
Tell My Horse (1938)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2034 due to Renewal R379484
Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2035 due to Renewal R409859
Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2038 due to Renewal R491995

Short stories

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, 1929.

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 63 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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Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) before 1964, and copyright was not renewed.

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Works could have had their copyright renewed between January 1st of the 27th year after publication or registration and December 31st of the 28th year. As this work's copyright was not renewed, it entered the public domain on January 1st of the 29th year.

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 63 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.

It is imperative that contributors ascertain that there is no evidence of a copyright renewal before using this license. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of the work as a copyright violation.

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