ralph ellison

     

This "Invisible Man" author's essay "On Being the Target of Discrimination" appeared in 1989

Trivia about ralph ellison

  • He said that freelance photography helped pay the bills while he wrote "Invisible Man"
  • "Juneteenth", the long-awaited second novel by this black author, was published posthumously in 1999
  • This "Invisible Man" author was perhaps destined to become a writer; he was named for Emerson
  • Drink up if you say (incorrectly) this African-American author wrote "The Invisible Man"; he penned "Invisible Man"
  • Many consider his 1952 book "Invisible Man" the greatest post-war novel about black life in the U.S.
  • In 1975 an Oklahoma City library was named for this "Invisible Man" author who was born in the city in 1914