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Ernest Hemingway

Writing 61 (deceased) years old Oak Park, Illinois, USA ★ 0.6
Born: July 21, 1899
Died: July 2, 1961

Biography

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Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and sportsman. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short-story collections, and two nonfiction works. Three of his novels, four short-story collections, and three nonfiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.

Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he was a reporter for a few months for The Kansas City Star before leaving for the Italian Front to enlist as an ambulance driver in World War I. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his novel A Farewell to Arms (1929).

In 1921, Hemingway married Hadley Richardson, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s' "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926. He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer; they divorced after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had been a journalist. He based For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) on his experience there. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940; they separated after he met Mary Welsh in London during World War II. He was present with the troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris.

Hemingway maintained permanent residences in Key West, Florida (in the 1930s), and Cuba (in the 1940s and 1950s). He almost died in 1954 after plane crashes on successive days; injuries left him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where, in mid-1961, he ended his own life.

Filmography

Writing Credits (49)

Mise en Futilité
Mise en Futilité Original Story 2026
The Killers-Special Track
The Killers-Special Track Short Story 2024
The Killers
The Killers Short Story 2024
Across the River and into the Trees
Across the River and into the Trees Novel 2023
The Man With the Orange Head
The Man With the Orange Head Novel 2017
White Elephants
White Elephants Novel 2015
A Farewell to Arms.
A Farewell to Arms. Original Film Writer 2013
Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden Novel 2008
Night Express
Night Express Short Story 2006
Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants Novel 2002
After the Storm
After the Storm Original Story 2001
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea Novel 1999
A Clean and Well Lit Place
A Clean and Well Lit Place Story 1991
A Night About Love
A Night About Love Original Story 1991
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction Story 1990
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea Novel 1990
Captain Khorshid
Captain Khorshid Novel 1987
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises Novel 1984
My Old Man
My Old Man Short Story 1979
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream Novel 1978
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream Novel 1978
Soldier's Home
Soldier's Home Short Story 1977
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream Novel 1977
Fiesta
Fiesta Novel 1971
The Killers
The Killers Novel 1964
Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants Short Story 1963
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man Story 1962
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro Story 1960
The Fifth Column
The Fifth Column Writer 1960
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls Story 1959
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea Novel 1958
The Gun Runners
The Gun Runners Novel 1958
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms Novel 1957
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises Novel 1957
The Killers
The Killers Novel 1956
The Battler
The Battler Writer 1955
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro Short Story 1952
The Breaking Point
The Breaking Point Novel 1950
Under My Skin
Under My Skin Short Story 1950
The Macomber Affair
The Macomber Affair Short Story 1947
The Killers
The Killers Novel 1946
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not Novel 1944
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls Novel 1943
The Spanish Earth
The Spanish Earth Writer 1937
Spain in Flames
Spain in Flames Writer 1937
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms Novel 1932
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms Novel
Mien
Mien Original Story
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises Novel

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