Ralph Ellison

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American writer essayist human literary critic novelist

Ralph Ellison was a prominent 20th-century American novelist, essayist, and critic best known for his groundbreaking novel "Invisible Man," which explores race, identity, and individuality in the United States.

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Ralph Ellison (lived and studied in Tuskegee) 1
Ralph Waldo Ellison 1

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1913-03-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-04-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Tuskegee University ⓘ
surface form: Tuskegee Institute
employer New York University ⓘ
Rutgers University ⓘ
Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Ellison ⓘ
fieldOfWork cultural criticism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
fullName Ralph Ellison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ralph Waldo Ellison
genre essay ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
givenName Ralph ⓘ
influenced Charles Johnson ⓘ
Ishmael Reed ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
influencedBy Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
Richard Wright ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
movement African-American literature ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
notableIdea exploration of African-American identity in modern America ⓘ
use of invisibility as a metaphor for racial marginalization ⓘ
notableWork Going to the Territory ⓘ
Invisible Man ⓘ
Juneteenth announcement of emancipation in Texas ⓘ
surface form: Juneteenth

Shadow and Act ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Fanny McConnell Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Trinity Church Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Ralph Ellison ⓘ
Ralph Ellison → fullName → Ralph Ellison self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ralph Waldo Ellison
Tuskegee University → hasNotableAlumni → Ralph Ellison ⓘ
Ellison → hasNotableBearer → Ralph Ellison ⓘ
subject surface form: Tuskegee, Alabama
this entity surface form: Ralph Ellison (lived and studied in Tuskegee)
Herman Melville → influenced → Ralph Ellison ⓘ
Jean Toomer → influenced → Ralph Ellison ⓘ
Richard Wright → influenced → Ralph Ellison ⓘ