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Born on Mar. 1, 1914, African American novelist Ralph Ellison originally studied music and sculpture but was drawn into the world of literature as Richard Wright’s protégé.
Ellison spent seven years writing Invisible Man (1952, National Book Award), and although it was his only novel it gained him a place as a respected American writer and remains one of the central texts of the African-American experience.
