Ernest Hemingway

Also known as Hemingway, Ernest Miller Hemmingway, E. M. Hemmingway, E. Hemmingway, E. Hemingway, Ernest M. Hemingway, Ernest Miller Hemingway, Papa

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

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Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and war correspondent. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899, he died in Ketchum on July 2, 1961. His occupations included writing prose, opinion journalism, and memoirs. He participated in World War I, World War II, and the Spanish Civil War. His works include *The Old Man and the Sea* and *A Farewell to Arms*.

Hemingway received the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He was also awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the National Order of Merit Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. He was married to Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh Hemingway. They had three children: Jack Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway, and Gloria Hemingway.

He resided in Key West, Paris, and Ketchum. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Princeton University Library, and the Harry Ransom Center. Hemingway suffered from alcoholism and hereditary haemochromatosis. His works were subject to Nazi book burnings.

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Born: 21 July 1899
Died: 2 July 1961
Works: 1050

Top works

永别了，武器
Prazdnik, kotoryĭ vsegda s toboĭ
Monologue to the maestro
The Hemingway reader
The old man and the sea

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Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Description above from the Wikipedia Ernest Hemingway (journalist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. 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…

Known for

Orwell: 2+2=5 — Self (archive footage)2025
Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral — Self - Writer (archive footage)2021
Hemingway — Himself (archive footage)2021
Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies — Self (archive footage)2017
Salinger — Self - Writer (archive footage)2013
Hemingway Unknown2012
Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life — Archival Footage1997
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend — Self (archive footage)1989
Hemingway1962
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 — Self1942

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1954
“for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ernest
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Oak Park
Place of death: Ketchum
Spouse: Mary Welsh Hemingway
Child: Gloria Hemingway
Mother: Grace Hall Hemingway
Occupation: reporter
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: English language
Notable work: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Field of work: roman à clef
Genre: memoir
Conflict: Spanish Civil War
Image: ErnestHemingway.jpg
Work location: Alassio
Residence: Ernest Hemingway House
Significant event: Nazi book burnings

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Commons category: Ernest Hemingway
date of birth: 1899-07-21
date of death: 1961-07-02
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medical condition: hereditary haemochromatosis
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nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
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influenced by: Robert Louis Stevenson
name in native language: Ernest Miller Hemingway
short name: Ernest Hemingway
writing language: English language
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list of works: Ernest Hemingway bibliography
manner of death: Suicide
cause of death: gunshot wound
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nickname: Papa
start of work period: 1917-00-00
end of work period: 1961-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ˈhɛmɪŋweɪ/ 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 "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926. In 1928, Hemingway returned to the U.S., where he settled in Key West, Florida. His experiences during the war supplied material for his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms.

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