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Ralph Ellison

1914 - 1994

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

His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Ralph Ellison is the 4,018th most popular writer (down from 3,989th in 2024), the 5,894th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,207th in 2019) and the 451st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ralph Ellison ranks 4,018 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferdinand Bruckner, Bat Ye'or, Savo Kostadinovski, Roger Vitrac, Arundhati Roy, and Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf. After him are Cui Hao, Konrad Pellikan, Alexander Neckam, Rosa Montero, Oskar Luts, and Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi.

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Among people born in 1914, Ralph Ellison ranks 240. Before him are Terence O'Neill, Norman Holter, Jo Cals, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Jack Cardiff, and Jan Kott. After him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Oscar Casanovas, Hovhannes Shiraz, Ehrenfried Patzel, Ralph Erskine, and Akira Ifukube. Among people deceased in 1994, Ralph Ellison ranks 198. Before him are Jersey Joe Walcott, François Marty, Max Petitpierre, Savannah, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, and Nicky Hopkins. After him are Masayoshi Ito, Karl-Heinz Metzner, Charles Drake, Paul Xuereb, Kurt Aland, and Erich Buschenhagen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Ellison ranks 5,894 out of 20,380. Before him are Ona Munson (1903), Maxwell Perkins (1884), George Nichols (1864), Eric S. Raymond (1957), Rafer Johnson (1935), and Ken Davitian (1953). After him are Lou Donaldson (1926), Charles F. Brush (1849), Diahnne Abbott (1945), Al Taliaferro (1905), Cynthia Rhodes (1956), and John Lynch (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ralph Ellison ranks 451. Before him are Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Michael Blake (1945), Henry Adams (1838), Joe Haldeman (1943), Elizabeth Strout (1956), and Syd Field (1935). After him are Og Mandino (1923), Daniel Silva (1960), Gary Chapman (1938), Bret Harte (1836), Emma Lazarus (1849), and Gene Wolfe (1931).

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