1914:bornonMarch1inOklahoma City1933-36:winsscholarship&attendsAlabama'sTuskegeeInstitute1936:movestoNewYork 1938:hiredbyFederalWriter'sProjecttoresearchoralhistory1942:becomesmanagingeditorofNegroQuarterly 1945:awardedRosenwaldFellowshiptowritenovel 1952:InvisibleMan 1958-61:teachesRussian&AmericanliteratureatBardsCollege 1964:ShadowandAct1986:GoingtotheTerritory 1994:attheageof80,diesofpancreaticcanceronApril16 Careers/Jobswaiter freelancephotographerfileclerkreceptionistmusicianbookreviewerU.S.MerchantMarinereditorforNegroQuarterlycollegeprofessorwriter"Ihavealwaysreadalot,andIbegantorealizeIhadacertaintalentforit.ItwasnoteasytobethekindofmusicianIwantedtobe:IdidnothaveenoughmoneytogotoJuilliard[schoolofmusic].SoIstuckwithwhatIhad.”"OnedayIwrote,'Iamaninvisibleman.’Ididnotknowwhatthosewordsrepresentedatthestart,andIhadnothoughtaboutwhatgavemetheidea."InvisibleMan(1952)ShadowandAct(1964)GoingtotheTerritory(1986)FlyingHome:AndOtherStoriesispublished(afterbeingdiscoveredinhishome) （1996）NationalBookAwardforFictionBestNovelwinner(1953):TheInvisibleManpublishedin1952ThebookwontheNationalBookAward,ahighandrarehonorforafirstnovel.changedthewaywhiteAmericansthoughtaboutblackAmericanschangedthewayblackAmericansthoughtaboutthemselves"Iamaninvisibleman…Iamamanofsubstance,fleshandbone,fiberandliquids–andImightevenbesaidtopossessamind. Iaminvisible,understand,simplybecausepeoplerefusetoseeme…Whentheyapproachmetheyseeonlymysurroundings,themselves,orfigmentsoftheirimagination–indeed,everythingandanythingexceptme.”manyAmericanwriterswereinfluencedbyEllisonGettysburgAddressEcclesiatesJosephConradFyodorDostoevskiWilliamFaulknerBenFranklinHenryJamesHermanMelvillethenameofthefirstchapterofInvisibleManthenameadoptedbysubsequentanthologiestodifferentiatethestoryfromthenovelofthesamename.astoryaboutayoungAfricanAmericanmanwhoisstrugglingtoprovehimselfinaracial,prejudiceworld.
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