Ernest Hemingway
By: Aleesha Winford
Mini BIO - Ernest Hemingway
He was a failed KGB spy.
Hemingway left trunks of material in the Paris Ritz in 1928 and did not recover them until 1957
Eyesight
Ernest wanted to go to World War but he couldn't because he had horrible eyesight, so he went as a ambulance driver.
Pie
Ernest once published a recipe for Apple Pie.
His Cat
He had a six toed cat that got around in Key West now there are an abundance of six toed cats around there.
His Mother
His mom once wanted him to play the cello so bad she took him out of school for a whole year so he could learn it and be good at it but it didn't work.
His Mother
His mother was so disappointed when he was born that he was a boy she dressed him and made him not cut his hair so he looked like a girl until he was 6 years old.
His Mother
His mother dies June 28 1951
Fishing
Once when he was fishing sharks started to come around so to get rid of them he tried to shoot them which lead to blood and then even more sharks came
PAPA
At the age of 27 he nicknamed himself papa
Parents
His parents were horrified of what he was doing because they where super religious.
Ernest Hemingway's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Wives
He had 4 wives
Nobel Prize
He was awarded a Nobel Prize
Standing Up
When he would write he would not sit down and there for standing for hours on end.
Event Information
Ernest Hemingways commits suicide with his favorite shotgun
When?
Sunday, Jul 2, 1961, 07:30 PM
Where?
Idaho, United States
Hunting
In one day Ernest his wife and sons went hunting and killed 400 jackrabbits.
Misdiagnosed
A misdiagnosed disorder in his early 50s caused doctors to overlook hemochromatosis
Depression
Hemingway suffered from depression
Buried
Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary are buried in Ketchum’s town cemetery in Idaho.