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Ralph Ellison
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American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Ralph Waldo Ellison (1913-1994) was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.
Known for
- Won't You Be My Neighbor? — Self - Writer (archive footage)2018
- Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer — Self (archive footage)2005
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Key facts
- 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 (1952)
- Notable awards
- National Book Award (1953) National Medal of Arts (1985)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ralph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- literary scholar
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Ralph Ellison photo portrait seated.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ralph Waldo Ellison
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- date of birth
- 1914-03-01
- date of death
- 1994-04-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Ernest Hemingway
- name in native language
- Ralph Ellison
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – 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.
Ellison wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social, and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986). The New York Times dubbed him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus".
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