God is love, I said, but art’s the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity.
Ralph Ellison Quotes
The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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| Birth: | 1st March, 1914 |
| Death: | 16th April, 1994 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
About
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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