Awards & Winners

Ralph Ellison

Date of Birth 01-March-1913
Place of Birth Oklahoma City
(United States of America, Oklahoma, Area code 405)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Ralph Waldo Ellison
Profession Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Author
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.

Awards by Ralph Ellison

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ralph Ellison.

1992


Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Honored for : Invisible Man
( Special Achievement Award)

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Arts and Letters (Nonfiction) Shadow and Act

1953


National Book Award for Fiction
Honored for : Invisible Man

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction Invisible Man