Ernest Hemingway

The Beginning Born July 21, 1899 Grew up in Oak Park, Illinois Spent much of his childhood in northern Michigan Felt in love with the outdoors life Joined school newspaper

And the writing begins…. Becomes a journalist for the Kansas City Star Joins World War I in 1918 Drives an ambulance for the Italian Army Awarded Silver Medal of Bravery Injured and meets Agnes von Kurowsky Proposes but she leaves him for another man

Moving On… Comes back to the US with injuries Meets Hadley Richardson and marries her Couple moves to Paris and becomes a correspondent for Toronto Star

The Lost Generation Befriends Gertrude Stein and meets many other famous artists Friends with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso and James Joyce Writes The Sun Also Rises Has an affair with Pauline Pfeiffer, divorces Richardson and marries Pfeiffer

Hemingway the Legend Moves to Florida with second wife Writes his masterpiece, A Farewell to Arms Travelled the world when he was not writing Reported on Spanish Civil War Met Martha Gellhorn (becomes wife number three) Completes next novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Later Writings Becomes a war correspondent for World War II Meets Mary Welsh (wife number four) 1951 writes The Old Man and the Sea Wins Pulitzer Prize

Struggles and Death of a Legend Survives several plane crashes Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 Suffered major depression Major drinking problem Unable to cope without writing Commits suicide July 2 nd, 1961

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