Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Ernest Hemingway Biography
- Writing Style and Recognition
- Iceberg Theory: minimalist writing style where surface
'clues' tell the reader what they are not seeing.
- Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea - 1953
- Nobel Prize for Literature for The Old Man and the Sea - 1954
- As a journalist for Toronto Star and The Kansas City Star, Hemingway
learned how to be concise with language
- Personal Life
- Born in Illinois in July 1899 - Died July 1961 in Idaho
- Went to war in Italy in 1918. Served as an ambulance driver for the allied forces. Ironically, wounded and sent home.
- Married four times during his life to Hadley, Pauline, Martha and Mary
- While living in Paris, befriended the likes of James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- Back working as a journalist, covered events such as The Spanish Civil War and the Normandy Landings.
- Suffered from depression and paranoia in later life. After extensive electro-shock therapy, decided to commit suicide in 1961. Died from self-inflicted shotgun wound.
- Notable Literary Works
- Indian Camp - 1924
- The Sun Also Rises - 1926
- A Farewell to Arms - 1929
- For Whom the Bell Tolls - 1940
- The Old Man and the Sea - 1951