Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Journalist
All About Ernest
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Illinois. Shortly after graduating high school, he went to work for the Kansas City Star at the age of seventeen, learning many valuable lessons and techniques that would benefit him in later writings. Not long after America joined World War I, he joined a volunteer ambulance unit in the Italian army. While overseas, he served on the front lines and was injured, leading to prolonged time in hospitals. He then returned to the United States and became a reporter for Canadian and American newspapers. Hemingway wrote many books, but not all of them were highly successful. The most well known of his works were The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea, which he won the Nobel Prize for in 1954. Ernest Hemingway committed suicide the morning of July 2, 1961. Despite his death, his memory lives on through his acclaimed novels and works, his iconic style still influencing writers today.
The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway won a Nobel Prize for this novel in 1954. It still lives on and is incredibly well known.
Ketchum House
This house is located in Ketchum, Idaho and is where Hemingway committed suicide in 1961.
Kansas City Star Building
This is what it would have looked like in 1916, when Hemingway was working there.
Citations
"Ernest Hemingway - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 6 Jan 2016. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1954/hemingway-bio.html>
Biography.com Editors. "Ernest Hemingway." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2016.
"The Old Man and the Sea." The+old+man+and+the+sea - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2016.
"Hemingway Ketchum House." Hemingway+ketchum+house - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2016.
"Kansas City Star Building." Kansas+city+star+1916 - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2016.