Ralph Ellison
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| Born | Ralph Waldo Ellison March 1, 1913 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | April 16, 1994 (aged 81) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Tuskegee University |
| Genre | Essay, criticism, novel, short story |
| Notable works | Invisible Man (1952) |
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Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913[a] – April 16, 1994) was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.[2]
Ellison wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social, and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986).[3] The New York Times dubbed him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus".[4]
A posthumous novel, Juneteenth, was published after being assembled from voluminous notes Ellison left upon his death.[5]
- ^ Rampersad, Arnold (2007). "Chapter 1: In the Territory". Ralph Ellison: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0375408274.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Grime, William (May 16, 2007). "How an 'Invisible Man' Was Seduced by His Visibility". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ^ "Invisible Hand". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
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