Sunday, 24 March 2019

Ralph Ellison makes himself visible in 1950s Japan

Invisible Man Ralph Ellison



Ralph Ellison makes himself visible in 1950s Japan: On Sept 2, 1957, Japan’s 60-year-old foreign minister, Aiichiro Fujiyama, stood on the stage of Tokyo’s Sankei Hall. The Corsica Daily Sun reported at the time that in front of him — and among hundreds of Japanese patrons — sat an audience of “170 PEN [Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and…

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