Author
Ralph Ellison
March 1, 1914 – April 16, 1994 · United States
Writer, Essayist, Novelist, Autobiographer, Literary critic, Music critic, Journalist, Prose writer, Critic, Literary scholar
Titles on list
1
Total weeks
13
Peak rank
#8
Biography
- Born
- March 1, 1914 · Oklahoma City
- Died
- April 16, 1994 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Tuskegee University, Frederick A. Douglass High School
Awards & Honours
- 1953National Book Award
- 1969Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 1984Langston Hughes Medal
- 1992Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- National Medal of Arts
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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