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NOVELIST; AUTHOR OF " INVISIBLE MAN" A BOOK CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE 20th CENTURY; WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION IN 1952. INVISIBLE MAN IS A STORY OF AN UNNAMED AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO IS UNABLE TO FORCE THE WHITE WORLD TO SEE HIM AS AN INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEING APART FROM HIS ETHNIC BACKGROUND. ELLISON, WHO WAS BORN IN OKLAHOMA CITY, WAS NAMED FOR THE WRITER, RALPH WALDO EMERSON. HIS FATHER WAS AN ICE AND COAL VENDOR WHO DIED WHEN ELLISON WAS THREE YEARS OLD. HIS MOTHER SUPPORTED THE FAMILY BY WORKING AS A MAID. INVISIBLE MAN WAS WRITTEN OVER A FIVE -YEAR PERIOD AND FINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1952. IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME A BEST-SELLER AND CONTINUE TO BE RECOMMENDED READING IN MANY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. ELLISON ALSO WROTE MANY ESSAYS, REVIEWS AND A SHORT STORIES, SOME WHICH WERE COLLECTED IN THE BOOKS "SHADOW AND ACTS" AND " GOING TO THE TERRITORY". PROGRESS ON A SECOND NOVEL WAS HALTED TEMPORARILY IN 1967 WHEN A FIRE DESTROYED MUCH OF THE MANUSCRIPT. THOUGH ELLISON RESUMED WORK ON IT,IT WAS STILL UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
Posted By: barbara robinson
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 at 6:25PM
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