American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994)
Ralph Ellison
Ellison in 1961
Born
Ralph Waldo Ellison (1913-03-01)March 1, 1913 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died
April 16, 1994(1994-04-16) (aged 81) New York City, U.S.
Occupation
Writer
Education
Tuskegee University
Genre
Essay, criticism, novel, short story
Notable works
Invisible Man (1953)
Notable awards
National Book Award (1953)
National Medal of Arts (1985)
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.
^Rampersad, Arnold (2007). "Chapter 1: In the Territory". Ralph Ellison: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0375408274.
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^Going to the Territory by Ralph Ellison.
^Grime, William (May 16, 2007). "How an 'Invisible Man' Was Seduced by His Visibility". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
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