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Ralph Ellison

Ralph Waldo Ellison was a novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ellison is 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). Research by Lawrence Jackson, one of Ellison's biographers, has established that he was born a year earlier than had been previously thought.

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American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

Born 1 March 1914
Died 16 April 1994

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Photo of Ralph Ellison

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

Born 1 March 1914
Died 16 April 1994

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Fiction African Americans African americans, fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) Ellison, ralph, 1914-1994 Afro-Americans American literature History and criticism Race relations African American authors History Literature Satanism African American clergy African American men African Americans in literature American Novelists American fiction Authorship Children's fiction Classic Literature Confederacy Correspondence Fiction, historical, general Fiction, short stories (single author)

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United States Massachusetts Alabama New England Owl Creek Bridge Salem Village England Florida Fountain of Youth Jefferson Southern States Andover Barbados Chapelizod Chicago China Dublin Eastern Europe Eton College Galway Georgia Harlem Illinois Ireland Mallard residence

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1600s 1861-1865 19th century 20th century American Civil War 1861-65 Civil War 1692 Antebellum era Civil War, 1861-1865 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Communism Racism South The South carnival

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