Ralph Ellison avatar

Ralph Ellison (Novelist) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

love 312,865 FANS LOVE
🎉 Countdown to Ralph Ellison's birthday 🎂
  • -- Days
  • -- Hours
  • -- Minutes
  • -- Seconds
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Waldo Ellison is an African American novelist, literary critic and scholar best known for his novel The Invisible Man, who won the 1953 National Book Award. He also wrote Shadows and Actions, a collection of critical, political, and social essays, and Go To The Land. For the New York Times, the best of these essays aside from the novel ranks him as "the god of American literature Parnassus." A novel left, June 13, was published after being compiled from the massive records he left behind at his death.
BornRalph Waldo Ellison, March 1, 1913, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedApril 16, 1994, New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter
GenreEssay, criticism, novel, short story
SubjectBooks
Notable worksInvisible Man
Notable awardsNational Book Award (1953), National Medal of Arts (1985)

About Ralph Ellison

Novelist Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States on March 1, 1914. He dies at the age of 80, on April 16, 1994.

Invisible Man, a literary classic about social identity challenges facing African-Americans in the early to mid-twentieth century, was written by an American author. In 1953, the work won the National Book Award for Fiction.

All information about Ralph Ellison can be found in this post. It will clarify Ralph Ellison's info: biography, net worth, career, talent, spouse and breakup of Ralph Ellison...

Ralph Ellison before becoming famous

Ralph Ellison was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1914 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He received a musical scholarship to Tuskegee Institute and spent much of his time in the library reading modern classics. He later moved to New York City to pursue art studies and became interested in Communist groups.

Achievement of Ralph Ellison

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 and joined the humanities faculty at New York University the following year.

Ralph Ellison's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He and his brother were the children of Ida Millsap and Lewis Alfred Ellison, who were both born in Oklahoma City. From 1938 to 1945, he was married to Rose Poindexter.

Ralph Ellison on Social Media

Ralph Ellison Collabed with

He was given the name Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in honor of the author Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Ralph Ellison Income & Net worth

Ralph Ellison's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a novelist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Ralph Ellison.

Ralph Ellison Height and Weight

How tall is Ralph Ellison? Information about Ralph Ellison height in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by AllFamous.org. Or you can contact us to let us know how tall of Ralph Ellison.

People also ask about Ralph Ellison

What is Ralph Ellison's real name?

When is Ralph Ellison's birthday?

When did Ralph Ellison die?

At what age did Ralph Ellison die?

Where is Ralph Ellison from?

When was Ralph Ellison born?

Reference: Wikipedia, Tiktok, Youtube, Instagram and Twitter.

Latest information about Ralph Ellison updated on March 22 2023.