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Ralph 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. [2] Ellison wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social, and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986). [3]
Ralph Ellison, American writer who won eminence with his first novel, Invisible Man (1952). Juneteenth, his second novel, was unfinished at the time of his death, and it was released, in a much-shortened form, in 1999.
Ellison later enlisted as a Merchant Marine cook during World War II. Married briefly before, in 1946 he wed Fanny McConnell, and the two would remain together for the rest of Ellison's life....
Unlike the protest writers and later black separatists, to Ralph Ellison America did offer a context for discovering authentic personal identity; it also created a space for African-Americans to...
Moving to New York in 1936, Ellison met writers Richard Wright and Langston Hughes, which led to his first attempts at fiction and prompted his move to Harlem where he lived for more than 40 years with his wife, Fanny McConnell.
Ralph Waldo Ellison is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1914 Ellison's father dies. His mother takes on work as a nursemaid, janitress and domestic in order to support the poverty-stricken...
Now, Mr. Ellison couldn’t just slough off that one. How could he have been that clear? Why hadn’t he been just enough confused — as most of us would be — to try to assimilate the kindred ...
The American author and educator Ralph Ellison sits at a typewriter in Rome in June 1957. He was there on a fellowship, awarded to him by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. James...
He was born Ralph Waldo Ellison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, named by his father after Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ellison was best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986).
Excerpt: 'Ralph Ellison: A Biography'. In 1952, Ralph Ellison introduced a new kind of black protagonist: The Invisible Man was educated and self-aware, and had a broad intellectual curiosity.
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Ralph Ellison was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award... Wikipedia
- March 1, 1913, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- April 16, 1994, New York City, U.S.
- Pancreatic cancer
- Fanny McConnell(m 1946 - 1994), Rose Poindexter(m 1938 - 1945)
- Ida Millsap
- Tuskegee University, Douglass High School (Oklahoma City)
- The Fifties, American Masters, Invisible Man
- Invisible Man, Juneteenth, Three Days Before the Shooting..., Shadow and Act
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