Ralph Ellison
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Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)[1] was an American author. His works include Invisible Man (1952), which won a National Book Award.[2]
Life and Works
Ellison was born black in Oklahoma City on March 1, 1914.[3] As a child, he lost his father and lived in poverty, but was able to read magazines from houses that his mother cleaned and visited a local public library.[4] He attended Tuskegee University, studying music, but left for New York City, where black novelist Richard Wright encouraged him to write, and he wrote The Invisible Man.[5] Contradictory to Wright's characters, Ellison's characters in The Invisible Man were intelligent and self-aware.[6] He died of pancreatic cancer on April 16, 1994.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/17/obituaries/ralph-ellison-author-of-invisible-man-is-dead-at-80.html
- ↑ The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference. Prentice Hall, New York: 1991.
- ↑ http://www.biography.com/people/ralph-ellison-9286702
- ↑ http://www.famousauthors.org/ralph-ellison
- ↑ "Ellison, Ralph." Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
- ↑ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/ralph-ellison-an-american-journey/587/
- ↑ http://www.biblio.com/ralph-ellison/author/195