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Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914 – 1994)

http://www.gradesaver.com/author/ralph-ellison/. Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914 – 1994). Jenny Malchow AP English Period 3 October 10. 2011. Childhood. Birth: March 1, 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Parents – Lewis Alfred and Ida Millsap Ellison Younger brother – Herbert

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Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914 – 1994)

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  1. http://www.gradesaver.com/author/ralph-ellison/ Ralph Waldo Ellison(1914 – 1994) Jenny Malchow AP English Period 3 October 10. 2011

  2. Childhood. Birth: March 1, 1914 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • Parents – Lewis Alfred and Ida Millsap Ellison • Younger brother – Herbert • 1917 – Father Passes Away • Attended Frederick Douglass School • Received musical training. • 1932 – Graduates from Douglass High, an all black high school • 1st chair trumpet.

  3. Life. • 1933 – Begins studying at Tuskegee in Alabama • 1936 – Moves to N.Y to study sculptures • Meets Langston Hughes who introduces him to Wright • 1938 – Marries Rose Poindexter, Actress • Richard Wright encourages Ellison to write. • Works published in New Masses • Became editor of Negro Quarterly • 1943 – 45 : Merchant Marine Cook • 1946 – Marries Fanny McConnell

  4. Continued. • 1952 – Invisible Man • 1955 – Moves to Rome To write a second novel • 1970 - Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities • April 16, 1994 – dies of Pancreatic Cancer http://13thfloorgrowingold.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/ralph-ellison-invisible-man-prologue-excerpt/

  5. Invisible Man • 1944 – Rosenwald Foundation gives Ellison a grant to begin writing IM • Begins his writing on Sick Leave form Merchant Marines • 7 years to finish the novel • 1952 Published by Random House • 1953 National Book Award • 1985 National Medal of Arts http://orion.neiu.edu/~tjhobbs1/lessons/ellison/ellison_harlemriots.html

  6. Other Works. • 1955 High Fidelity • 1964 - Shadow and Act • 1986 – Going to the Territory • Flying Home – published posthumously in 1996 • Juneteenth - published posthumously in 1999

  7. Works Cited • http://www.gradesaver.com/author/ralph-ellison/ • http://www.biography.com/people/ralph-ellison-9286702 • http://kirjasto.sci.fi/rellison.htm • http://www.shmoop.com/ralph-ellison/timeline.html • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/ellison_r_timeline_flash.html

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