Ernest Hemingway

Ernest M. Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was a novelist and short story
writer, who became well known for the passion that he used in all
his writings.   Many of his works are regarded as classics of
American Literature, and some have even been made into motion
pictures.   The Old Man and the Sea, which is the story about an
old Cuban fisherman, was published in 1952.   Because of this
creation, in 1954 Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Literature.
Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois.   He was educated
in Oak Park High School and graduated in 1917.   After graduating,
Hemingway became a reporter for the Kansas City Star.   He left
his job within a few months to serve as a volunteer ambulance
driver in Italy during World War I (1914-1918).   After the war he
served as a correspondent on the Toronto Star and then settled
in Paris.   While there, he was encouraged in creative work by the
American expatiate writers Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein.
During World War II, Hemingway became a reporter for the
United States First Army; although he was not a soldier, he
participated in several battles.   After the war Hemingway settled
near Havana, Cuba in 1958.   While Hemingway lived near Havana,
Cuba, a friend of his told him about an old man that lived
nearby.   That's where he got the idea of writing the Nobel Prize
short story winner titled, The Old Man and the Sea.   The story of
the old man that his friend told him about made him think about
the sea and the way people go fishing everyday to eat in Cuba.
In some parts of this country, fishing is their only way of
survival.   By fishing they are able to feed themselves and their
families.   They also sell fish in order to attain money to
purchase any more materials and equipment that they may need in
the future.
"Hemingway's economical writing style often seems simple and
almost childlike, but his method is calculated and used to
complex effect."   Hemingway provided detached... [continues]

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