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This article is about the life and works of Ernest Hemingway, an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He was noted both for his writing style that exerted a powerful influence on American and British fiction in the 20th century, as well as his adventurous and widely publicized life.
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An American novelist and short-story writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, noted both for the intense masculinity of his writing and for his adventurous life. His succinct prose style exerted a powerful influence on 20th century fiction.
Born in Illinois to a doctor father and mother, educated in public schools, began writing in high school but was rejected from military service due to an eye defect; became ambulance driver during WWI where he fell in love with nurse Agnes von Kurowsky who declined marriage proposal.
Renewed efforts at writing after war injury; worked as foreign correspondent for Toronto Star; advised by other writers such as F Scott Fitzgerald & Gertrude Stein; published first book In Our Time (1925) followed by The Sun Also Rises (1926), Death In Afternoon (1932), Green Hills Of Africa (1935), To Have And Have Not (1937).
Harvested experience from Spain into novel For Whom the Bell Tolls set during Spanish Civil War about Robert Jordan sent to join guerrilla band behind Nationalist lines falling in love with Maria while there.
Dec 10, 2018 · As the light industry of books on Ernest Hemingway continue to spill over into the 21st century, we now know everything about the most famous American writer except why we still read him.
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May 4, 2021 · The Hemingway who wrote the stories “Indian Camp,” “The Killers,” “Big Two-Hearted River” and “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” and the books “The Sun Also Rises,” “A Farewell to Arms” and “A Moveable Feast,” was a superb writer, subtle and profound and courageous.
Ernest Miller Hemingway ( / ˈɜːrnɪst ˈhɛmɪŋweɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Best Known For: Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway is seen as one of the great American 20th century novelists, and is known for works like 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'The Old Man and the Sea.'
May 17, 2019 · His use of humor, sarcasm, and pseudo-illiterate dialect reveal the strong influence of popular writer Ring Lardner, but there is evidence of Hemingway's search for his own style. After graduation, Hemingway had three choices: war, work, or college.
