Ralph Ellison | |
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![]() Ellison in 1961 | |
Born | Ralph Waldo Ellison March 1, 1913 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | April 16, 1994 New York City, U.S. | (aged 81)
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Tuskegee University |
Genre | Essay, criticism, novel, short story |
Notable works | Invisible Man (1953) |
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Ralph 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.
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