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Ernest Miller Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was one of the most famous writers of the 1900's.
He mainly wrote short stories and novels. In
1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his mastery
in the art of narrative, excellently demonstrated in his short novel "The
Old Man and the Sea". At the age of 62 Hemingway commited suicide.
1899 - Ernest Miller Hemingway is born in Oak Park, Illinois, as the
second child of Clarence
and Grace
Hemingway
1917 - Ernest graduates from Oak Park High School, signs up for the
University of Illinois
and takes a job as a reporter for the "Kansas City Star"
1918 - Giving up his job Ernest sails to Europe and works during the
World War I as an
ambulance
driver in Italy; is injured several times
1919 - Returns to the USA
1929 - Ernest's father, Clarence, shoots himself
1952 - Hemingway publishes "The Old Man and the Sea", wins the Pulitzer
Prize in the
following
year and is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954
1960 - Taken to Mayo Clinic for depression and paranoia
1961 - Ernest Miller Hemingway kills himself with a shotgun on 2nd July
in Ketchum, Idaho
"Fear
of Death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth" - E. M. H.
Some of Ernest Hemingway's novels and short stories:
· Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923)
· A Farewell to Arms (1929)
· Death in the Afternoon (1932)
· Old Man at the Bridge (1938)
· For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
· The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
Nihal Cakir
11. 01. 1999
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