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Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
"Hemingway" redirects here. For other uses, see Hemingway (disambiguation).
Ernest Miller Hemingway (HEM-ing-way; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. After high school, he spent six months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded by shrapnel in 1918. In 1921, Hemingway moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and was influenced by the modernist writers and artists of the
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Ernest M. Hemingway - The Legend
It was on the advice of John Dos Passos, a fellow member of the “Lost Generation” of ex-patriate artists and writers populating Paris during the 1920s, that Hemingway was first prompted to visit Key West. Hemingway did not go directly to South Florida from Paris, but rather arrived through Havana, Cuba—a city and country that would prove to be critically important in Hemingway’s later personal and professional life. Upon his arrival in Key West in April 1928, the first order of business was to locate the new Ford Roadster that Pauline Hemingway’s wealthy Uncle Gus had so generously purchased for the newlywed couple.
Because the car had been delayed in transit, the Ford dealership insisted that they take up residence in an apartment located above the showroom on Simonton Street. Ernest and Pauline accepted the offer, and he resumed work on a war story he had started on the ocean passage to Key West. Hemingway continued his Paris habits of writing during the early mornings, and taking time to explore his surroundings in
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John (Bumby/Later: Jack) Hadley Nicanor Hemingway
Jack Hemingway (October 10, 1923-December 1, 2000), conservationist, was the only child of Ernest and Hadley Hemingway. He was named after his mother and Nicanor Villalta, one of the Hemingways' favorite matadors). His godmothers were Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
As "Bumby" (his early childhood nickname), Jack appears as a character in Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast.
Patrick (Mouse) Miller Hemingway
Patrick Hemingway (June 28, 1928-), conservationist, is the elder child of Ernest and Pauline Hemingway. He shares his father's middle name, a family name on Ernest Hemingway's mother's side.
Patrick edited his father's story of the second African safari, posthumously published as True at First Light.
Gregory (Gigi/Later: Gloria) Hancock Hemingway
Gregory (Later: Gloria) Hemingway (November 12, 1931-October 1, 2001), physician, was the younger child of Ernest and Pauline Hemingway. "Hancock" is another family name on Ernest Hemingway's mother's side.
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