Ernest Hemingway ( )

Early Life Born in raised in Oak Park, Illinois: “the town where the saloons end and the churches begin” “it was developed to hold at bay the corruption of the city” “a town of wide lawns and narrow minds” Cultured place

His Life

Beginnings as a writer October 1917: becomes a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star  Begins with obituaries Internalized the newspaper’s rules for style: “short first paragraphs, vigorous language, no superfluous words, few adjectives, no trite phrases” Said he “learned to write a simple, declarative sentence” from the experience

His Life (cont.) Joins Red Cross Ambulance Corps. Italian front- wounded and falls in love with a nurse Married four times Pulitzer Prize (1953); Nobel Prize for Literature (1954) Shot himself in 1961

Fun Facts Most widely imitated author of the 20 th century Friends with Castro Loved hunting, fishing, and boxing

Writing Style Short, crisp, sensual sentences Iceberg Principal: "I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven- eighths of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg." Hemingway Hero- tough, lives dangerously, loves sports, sensual)

Novels A Farewell to Arms The Sun Also Rises The Old Man and the Sea For Whom the Bell Tolls