August Wilson and Zora Neale Hurston

Introduction

Zora was born on 7th January, 1891 in a small town Eatonville Florida. Eatonville was the first African American based town the town welcomed her and became her source of inspiration. In 1990, a film director said Hurston was born in Notasulga, and at the age of three she moved to Eatonville. There is no authenticity in that. She was an anthropologist, writer, American folklorist, and one of the most influential people of the Harlem Renaissance. (Wolfe, 25)

Her literary work still recognized today, but when she was alive no body appreciated her work. His father named John Hurston was a preacher he was a mayor of Eatonville. After the death of her mother, she lived with different families in adversity. Her childhood spent in working as a maid, and waitress etc. she did not get a quality education, but she had excellent reading skills. She enrolled at Howard University in Washington DC, where she got the inspiration to pursue a literary career. Zora published her first story named John Redding Goes to Sea, in 1921. Several of her stories appeared in various magazines. In 1925, she worked with the magazine, and won a scholarship to study anthropology at Barnard College. There she worked with renowned anthropologist like Franz Boas. She graduated in 1928. (Pereira, 14)

August Wilson was born on 27th April, 1945 in Pittsburgh. He was an American dramatist and playwright. He got Pulitzer Prize twice in his career. Apart from his success he worked as a gardener, dishwasher, and seller.

 Wilson was the most prestigious African-American author. In 1987, he got Pulitzer Prizes for his plays Fences and in 1990 for The Piano Lesson. Most of Wilson's works were on Broadway stages. He died at the age of 60 with liver cancer. (Bryer, 20)Racial Discrimination and Writer's Works Zora concerned about the black American race, and wrote many magazines and writing on them. In her work, she represented that the black race was no longer the victim of slavery, and they needed no sympathy. Her concerned about the black race reflected a lot in her work. She had done many works on the topic of ...