What is Ralph Ellison doing now? Wedding, Age, Salary, Net Worth

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Short Info

Date Of Birth	March 1, 1914
Died	April 16, 1994, New York City, New York, United States
Spouse	Rose Poindexter
Fact	Pictured on a USA 91¢ commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued 18 February 2014. The 91¢ rate paid the three-ounce rate implemented January 2014, when the one-ounce rate was increased to 49¢.

Ralph Ellison was an American writer and scholar best known for his novel “Invisible Man,” which won the National Book Award in 1953. Ellison was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 1, 1914, to Lewis Alfred Ellison and Ida Millsap. His father was a construction worker and his mother was a domestic worker. Ellison had two brothers, Herbert and Alfred. Ellison’s father died when he was three years old, and his mother died when he was sixteen. Ellison was raised by his maternal aunt, Ellen Millsap.

Ellison attended the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Alabama from 1933 to 1936. He left Tuskegee before graduating to move to New York City. Ellison’s first published story, “Flying Home,” appeared in the March 1944 issue of “Harvard Review. ” His first novel, “Invisible Man,” was published in 1952. The novel tells the story of a black man in the United States who is invisible to whites and blacks alike.

“Invisible Man” won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. Ellison’s second novel, “Juneteenth,” was published in 1999. Ellison died on April 16, 1994, in New York City.

General Info

Full Name	Ralph Ellison
Date Of Birth	March 1, 1914
Died	April 16, 1994, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Profession	Author, Novelist, Essayist
Education	Tuskegee University
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Rose Poindexter
Parents	Ida Millsap, Lewis Alfred Ellison
Siblings	Herbert Millsap Ellison

Accomplishments

Awards	National Book Award for Fiction, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Nominations	National Book Award for Arts and Letters (Nonfiction)

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0255223

Facts

#	Fact
1	Pictured on a USA 91¢ commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued 18 February 2014. The 91¢ rate paid the three-ounce rate implemented January 2014, when the one-ounce rate was increased to 49¢.
2	He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1985 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
3	His second wife, Fanny Ellison (nee McConnell), who helped him to edit his novel "Invisible Man", died in New York City, New York, USA on 19 November 2005 at the age of 93.

Movies

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
American Masters	2002	TV Series documentary novel "Invisible Man" - 1 episode
The Fifties	1997	TV Mini-Series documentary novel "Invisible Man" - 1 episode