Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, known for his spare and economical writing style and his portrayal of American expatriates in Europe. He was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois.
After high school, Hemingway worked as a journalist for the Kansas City Star, and later as an ambulance driver during World War I. He was injured in Italy and spent several months in a hospital before returning to the United States.
In the 1920s, Hemingway lived in Paris and became a part of the expatriate literary community there. He published his first collection of short stories, “In Our Time,” in 1925, and his first novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” in 1926. His other major works include “A Farewell to Arms,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” and “The Old Man and the Sea.”
Hemingway’s writing style is characterized by its spareness and simplicity, and he was known for his use of short, declarative sentences and concrete, specific details. His works often dealt with themes of love, war, and death, and they were marked by a sense of existentialism and disillusionment.
In addition to his writing, Hemingway was also an avid sportsman and adventurer. He traveled extensively throughout his life, and he was known for his love of bullfighting, big game hunting, and deep-sea fishing.
Hemingway was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 for “The Old Man and the Sea,” and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He struggled with depression and alcoholism throughout his life, and he died by suicide on July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho.
Hemingway’s influence on modern literature is widely recognized, and his works continue to be widely read and studied today. He is remembered as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, and his contribution to the development of the modern novel is widely acknowledged.
