Ellison, Ralph, 1914-1994
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Ellison, Ralph, 1914-1994
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Ellison
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1914-1994
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Ellison, Ralph Waldo, 1914-1994
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Ralph Waldo
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1914-1994
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エリスン, ラルフ, 1914-1994
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ラルフ
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1914-1994
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אליסון, ראלף, 1914-1994
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אליסון
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ראלף
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1914-1994
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African American author, born Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994) in Oklahoma to a family who migrated from South Carolina.
African American author and educator. Born 1914; died 1994.
Ralph Ellison began writing seriously in 1939. Previously he had worked as a researcher on the New York Federal Writer's Project. Ellison has worked as an editor on the Negro Quarterly and has taught at various academic institutions. His writings include literary criticism, short stories, articles, and essays.
Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (1952), one of the most famous twentieth century American novels.
Ralph Waldo Ellison, African-American novelist, was born in Oklahoma City in 1914 and moved to New York City in the 1940s where he started his writing career. In 1952 Ellison wrote his award winning novel, "The Invisible Man." Ellison's short stories and essays have been anthologized and Ellison's work remains an important documentation of the twentieth.
Century African-American experience.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50010027
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50010027
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American literature
American literature
African American authors
African American novelists
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans in literature
Authors, American
American fiction
Novelists, American
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New York (State)--New York
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Illinois--Chicago
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Abbeville County (S.C.)
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South Carolina
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South Carolina--Abbeville County
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