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Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
“The most important writer since the death of Shakespeare”
--New York Times (1950)
ChildhoodChildhood
• Born and raised in Oak Park, IL
• Father was an avid outdoorsman
• Spent many summers in Northern Michigan hunting and fishing
• Wrote short stories for his high school newspaper
• Wrote for the Kansas City Star
• Born and raised in Oak Park, IL
• Father was an avid outdoorsman
• Spent many summers in Northern Michigan hunting and fishing
• Wrote short stories for his high school newspaper
• Wrote for the Kansas City Star
World War I & The Lost GenerationWorld War I & The Lost Generation
• Worked as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy
• Wounded by mortar and spent time recovering in Italy
• After the war, moved to Paris to be close to an artistic renaissance and many of today’s greatest writers (Fitzgerald, Joyce, Stein, Eliot, Pound)
• This generation of writers living in Europe in the 1920’s were coined as the “Lost Generation”
• Worked as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy
• Wounded by mortar and spent time recovering in Italy
• After the war, moved to Paris to be close to an artistic renaissance and many of today’s greatest writers (Fitzgerald, Joyce, Stein, Eliot, Pound)
• This generation of writers living in Europe in the 1920’s were coined as the “Lost Generation”
Major Works & AccomplishmentsMajor Works & Accomplishments
• Became famous for his tight, short, minimalist style
• Covered major events as a journalist including WWII & the Spanish Civil War
• Won Pulitzer Prize for Old Man and the Sea in 1952
• Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954
• A Farwell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Sun Also Rises among other major works
• Became famous for his tight, short, minimalist style
• Covered major events as a journalist including WWII & the Spanish Civil War
• Won Pulitzer Prize for Old Man and the Sea in 1952
• Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954
• A Farwell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Sun Also Rises among other major works
ThemesThemes
• Hemingway was often seen as the definition of masculinity
• Common themes of masculinity are war, wilderness, and death
• Hemingway had many relationships with women, and he often writes about love and relationships and the tragedy that results from attraction/love
• Hemingway was often seen as the definition of masculinity
• Common themes of masculinity are war, wilderness, and death
• Hemingway had many relationships with women, and he often writes about love and relationships and the tragedy that results from attraction/love
Death & LegacyDeath & Legacy
• Suffered from depression and received electro-shock therapy
• Never recovered & committed suicide on ranch in Idaho at 61 years old
• Considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century
• Hemingway Foundation in Oak Park, IL
• Suffered from depression and received electro-shock therapy
• Never recovered & committed suicide on ranch in Idaho at 61 years old
• Considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century
• Hemingway Foundation in Oak Park, IL
