Ernest Hemingway
By Kathryn Wittner
20 Facts About Ernest Hemingway
#1
Ernest Hemingway along with his father, brother, sister, and granddaughter all committed suicide.
#2
Hemingway survived two plane crashes on consecutive days.
#3
Hemingway hunted sharks with a machine gun.
#4
When Hemingway was a young boy, his mother would dress him in little girl's clothes.
#5
Hemingway was married four times and divorced three times.
#6
Hemingway worked for his high school newspaper, Trapeze and Tabula. After graduation, he worked for the Kansas City Star.
#7
Hemingway won a bet by writing a short story in six words. His words were "For Sale: baby shoes. Never worn."
#8
During World War I, Hemingway was an ambulance driver in the Italian Army.
#9
Hemingway learned a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
#10
Hemingway grew paranoid that the FBI was spying on him later in life. It was later revealed that he was in fact being watched.
#11
Hemingway was charged with war crimes under the Geneva Convention when he took command and led a group of French militia into battle against the Nazis.
#12
Hemingway took a urinal home from his favorite bar.
#13
Hemingway killed himself with his favorite shotgun.
#14
In the summer of 1933, Hemingway went on a three month safari trip.
#15
Hemingway was the first person to boat a giant tuna in an undamaged state.
#16
Ernest Hemingway was a failed KGB spy for the Soviet Union.
#17
Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, skin cancer, hepatitis, diabetes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebrae, a fractured skull, and more.
#18
Ernest Hemingway nicknamed himself "Papa" at the age of 27.
#19
Hemingway once tried to commit suicide by walking into the spinning propeller of an airplane.
#20
Hemingway left trunks of material in the Paris Ritz Hotel in 1928 and did not recover them until 1957.
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 and died on July 2, 1961.
Mini Bio - Ernest Hemingway
Mini BIO - Ernest Hemingway