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Who wrote the novel Invisible Man?

  1. Zora Neale Hurston

  2. Ernest Hemingway

  3. Sinclair Lewis

  4. Ralph Ellison

The correct answer is: Ralph Ellison

The novel Invisible Man was written by Ralph Ellison. While Zora Neale Hurston also wrote a highly influential novel that is often added to school reading lists, her novel is called Their Eyes Were Watching God. Ernest Hemingway wrote a multitude of classic pieces but none of which were titled Invisible Man. Sinclair Lewis was a prolific writer but Ellison is famous for this particular novel often studied within high schools and college literature courses. Ellison was an exceptional author and has a collection of thought provoking and emotionally powerful novels, with his most famous being Invisible Man.