A twentieth-century African-American author and educator best known for his first novel, Invisible Man. Ellison also wrote Shadow and Act, a collection of essays on race and society. if (window.googletag) {googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('dcomMobileSERPDisplayTopAd-300x250'); });} else {console.error('googletag not defined, dcomMobileSERPDisplayTopAd-300x250');}