Ralph Ellison
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 80
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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1994Died16 April 19941992Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward1984Langston Hughes MedalAward1969Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1953National Book AwardAward1914Born1 March 1914
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United States
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Lived 1914 to 1994 · aged 80
