Ernest Hemingway
By: Kenzie Faour
He was awarded the Nobel prize in literature.
Ernest's brother, sister, granddaughter and father all committed suicide as well.
As a boy Ernest's mother dressed him like a girl complete with dresses and long hair.
He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and The Sea.
In high school Ernest was a boxer, football player, and a writer for the newspaper.
His worst reviewed novel was Across the River and Into the Trees.
When he was 27 he nicknamed himself "papa".
His parents disapproved of his work for religious reasons.
Ernest Hemingway loved polydactyl cats.
He survived two plane crashes.
He took a urinal from his favorite bar claiming it was his.
At one point in time he published a recipe for apple pie.
Ernest led a group of french people to fight against the Nazis.
There is a yearly Ernest Hemingway look alike contest.
Ernest used a machine gun to shoot sharks hat were interfering with his catch.
He was on a 25 cent postage stamp.
He was married four times and wrote a book for each wife during the time he was married to them.
He had a daily alcohol consumption list.
It is estimated that when he died he had written 8,000 business letters that he never sent.
He was an ambulance driver in WWII.