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Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994)
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🗓️ 16 April 1994

Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.

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