God is love, I said, but art’s the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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Ralph Ellison (22)
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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