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Also Known As Ralph Waldo Ellison
Born March 1, 1913 • Oklahoma City • Oklahoma
Died April 16, 1994 (aged 81) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors National Book Award (1953)
Notable Works “Flying Home and Other Stories” • “Going to the Territory” • “Invisible Man” • ”Juneteenth” • “Shadow and Act” • “The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison” • “Three Days Before the Shooting…”

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