God is love, I said, but art’s the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity.
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If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.
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| Birth: | 1st March, 1914 |
| Death: | 16th April, 1994 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
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Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ellison is best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.He also wrote Shadow and Act, a collection of political, social and critical essays, and Going to the Territory.
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