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American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)
Also known as: Ralph Waldo Ellison, Ральф Эллисон, رالف إيلسون, 랠프 엘리슨, ラルフ・エリソン, 拉尔夫·艾里森
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- The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
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