Ralph Ellison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Ellison

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1914

Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1994

Profession: writer, music critic, journalist, literary critic, novelist, essayist, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American novelist, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.
He also wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986).
For The New York Times, the best of these essays in addition to the novel put him "among the gods of America's literary Parnassus." A posthumous novel, Juneteenth, was published after being assembled from voluminous notes he left upon his death.