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Ralph Ellison
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer.
Born March 1st, 1914 in Oklahoma City. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1994 at 80 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Occupations
autobiographer, critic, essayist, journalist, literary critic, literary scholar, music critic, novelist, prosaist, writer
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle