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Ralph Ellison

1913–1994
Ralph Ellison at the American Academy in Rome, Italy, June 1957. (James Whitmore/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Major works:
Invisible Man • Shadow and Act • Going to the Territory

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