Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison (1914 – 1994) Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma. Ellison is 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). A posthumous novel Juneteeth was published after being assembled from voluminous notes he left after his death. He specifically cited reading T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” as a major awakening moment. His first published story was Hymie’s Bull inspired by his 1933, hoboing on a train with his uncle to get to Tuskegee. In 1969, he received the “Presidential Medal of Freedom”. Important Works of Ralph Ellison Invisible Man (1952) This novel is narrated in the first person by protagonist an unnamed Black Man who considered himself socially invisible. According to the ‘New York Times’, U.S. president Barrack Obama mod