Literature / Writer's Datebook: July 21
Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. He is famous for such masterpieces as For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, aside from his war novel A Farewell to Arms.
His adventurous life added a ring of truth to his novels and short stories, for example, big game-hunting (Green Hills of Africa) and big game-hunting (Green Hills of Africa.) In 1953 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his famous book The Old Man and the Sea, and the following year he won the Nobel Prize for literature.
Early Life of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, the second of six children. At the age of 19 he was badly wounded in Italy while serving as a Red Cross ambulance driver during World War I. After the war he went to Paris, and became part of a group of prominent literary writers and avant garde artists including Gertrude Stein, who called themselves the "Lost Generation." He first gained recognition as a writer with the publication of his short-story collection In Our Time when he was 26.
Pursuit of Life and Interest
In the 1920s and a930s Hemingway spent much time pursuing his interest in hunting and dangerous supports in Africa., Spain, and Florida. During the Spanish Civil War he went to Spain as a reporter. One of his greatest novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, is about this war.
He also reported on World War II, following America troops as they invaded France and liberated Paris from the Germans. Hemingway got married four times, with the first three wives ending in divorce. In a fit of depression, Hemingway shot himself and died on July 2, 1961, at the age of 61.
Hemingway Writing Style
Hemingway's books are famous for their "macho" protagonists and brutal stories. He himself was drawn to adventure and danger and as notorious for his hard-drinking lifestyle. He wrote in short, simple sentences that make his scenes descriptions seem all the more harsh and detached. The influence of his work has continued through the years, not only on American literature but worldwide. His novels have been made into successful films.
Works by Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time, 1925
The Sun Also Rises, 1926
Men without Women, 1927
A Farewell to Arms, 1929
Death in the Afternoon, 1932
The Green Hills of Africa, 1935
To Have and Have Not, 1937
For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1940
Across the River and into the Trees, 1950
The Old Man and the Sea, 1952
A Moveable Feast, 1964 (published after he died)
Photo Credit:
Ernest Hemingway. en.wikipedia.org/public domain
Resources:
Goring, Rosemary, Editor. Larousse Dictionary of Writers. Larousse, 1994
Payne, Tom. The A-Z of Great Writers. Carlton Books Ltd, 1997
Ousby, Ian. Cambridge Guide to Literature. Cambridge, 1993
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