WRITER

Ralph Ellison

1914 - 1994

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Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953. Ellison wrote Shadow and Act (1964), a collection of political, social, and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Ellison has received more than 1,660,118 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Ralph Ellison is the 3,990th most popular writer (down from 3,530th in 2019), the 5,208th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,680th in 2019) and the 425th most popular American Writer.

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ralph Ellison ranks 3,990 out of 7,302. Before him are Frankétienne, Yuriy Venelin, Wilferd Madelung, Joan Lindsay, Matilde Serao, and Maxwell Anderson. After him are Sarah Kirsch, Alexander Neckam, Mary Norton, Jan Wolkers, Tad Williams, and Eleanor Hibbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Ralph Ellison ranks 222. Before him are Dorothy Lamour, Christl Cranz, Vincent J. McMahon, Johannes Virolainen, Afonsinho, and Irmã Dulce. After him are Grigol Abashidze, Reuben Fine, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Charles Régnier, Dagmar Lange, and Wolfgang Windgassen. Among people deceased in 1994, Ralph Ellison ranks 193. Before him are Maximilian von Edelsheim, Erich Buschenhagen, Ștefan Dobay, Carlos Lleras Restrepo, Jānis Krūmiņš, and Nicky Hopkins. After him are Grigol Abashidze, Lili Damita, Lilia Skala, Norman Read, Robert Rozhdestvensky, and Luis Vargas Peña.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ralph Ellison ranks 5,208 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Cohn (1891), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Frankie Avalon (1940), Gustave Gilbert (1911), Gary Cole (1956), and Maxwell Anderson (1888). After him are Joe E. Brown (1891), Kenneth Mars (1935), Marian Seldes (1928), Sterling Morrison (1942), Jimi Jamison (1951), and James Arness (1923).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ralph Ellison ranks 425. Before him are Elizabeth Strout (1956), James Thurber (1894), John Norman (1931), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Pauline Kael (1919), and Maxwell Anderson (1888). After him are Tad Williams (1957), Melissa Mathison (1950), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Syd Field (1935), Elbert Hubbard (1856), and Murray Leinster (1896).

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