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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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  • Cover of: Invisible Man
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  • Cover of: Fiction: A HarperCollins pocket anthology
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    Cover of edition isbn_9780823049660 First published in 1993 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Juneteenth

    First published in 2000 — 9 editions
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    First published in 1964 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Juneteenth: a novel
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  • Cover of: Going to the territory
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    Cover of edition goingtoterritory00elli Cover of edition goingtoterritory0000elli_r8d2 First published in 1986 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: The American Experience
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  • Cover of: Flying home and other stories
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    Cover of edition flyinghomeothers00elli First published in 1996 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Twice-Told Tales: an anthology of short fiction
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    First published in 1966 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Words of Ages: Witnessing U.S. History Through Literature
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  • Cover of: Conversations with Ralph Ellison
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    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Living with Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings (Modern Library Classics)
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  • Cover of: Trading twelves: the selected letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray
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  • Cover of: Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison

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  • Cover of: The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison (Modern Library Classics)
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American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

Born 1 March 1914
Died 16 April 1994

Subjects

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

Places

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

People

Devil, Ralph Ellison, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Peyton Farquhar, Ralph Ellison (1914-), Albert Murray, Abigail Williams, Amanda Wingfield, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Bartell D'Arcy, Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Caddy, Colonel Killigrew, Colonel Sartoris, Dilsey, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ellison family, Emily Grierson

Time

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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Alternative names

  • Ralph Waldo Ellison
  • ralph ellison

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October 28, 2022 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 30, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import