Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American writer, journalist, and artist. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and held United States citizenship. Ernest Hemingway was a war correspondent, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and poet among other professions.

Hemingway attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and was known for writing in various genres, including prose, opinion journalism, and memoir. Ernest Hemingway's notable works include "A Farewell to Arms", "The Old Man and the Sea", "The Sun Also Rises", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", as well as several short stories and collections such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Hills Like White Elephants", and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

Throughout his career, Hemingway won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He had four children: Gregory, Jack, Patrick, and Gloria Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway's mother was Grace Hall Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway passed away on July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho.