2.  Ernest Hemingway (July 21,
1899 – July 2, 1961) was an
American author and
journalist. His distinctive
writing style, characterized
by economy and
understatement, strongly
influenced 20th-century
fiction, as did his life of
adventure and his public
image. He won the Nobel
Prize in Literature in 1954.
 Seven novels
 Six short stories
 Two non-fiction works

3.  The Sun Also Rises(1926). Is
about a group of American
and British expatriaste who
travel from Paris to the Festival
of Fermín in Pamplona to
watch the running of the bulls
and the bullfights. Jeffrey
Meyers writes that it is
"recognized as Hemingway's
greatest work’’, and Linda
Wagner-Martin calls it his most
important novel. The novel was
published in the United States
in October 1926 by the
publishing house Scribner's.

4.  The protagonist of The Sun Also
Rises is Jake Barnes, an
expatriate American journalist
living in Paris. Jake suffered a war
wound that has caused him to
be impotent, though the nature
of his wound is never explicitly
described in the novel. He is in
love with Lady Brett Ashley, a
twice-divorced Englishwoman.
Brett, with her bobbed hair,
embodies the new sexual
freedom of the 1920s, having
had numerous love affairs. Book
One is set in the Café society of
Paris.

5.  Is a semi-autobiographical
novel concerning events during
the Italian campaigns during
the First World War. The book,
which was first published in
1929, is a first-person account
of American Frederic Henry,
serving as a Lieutenant
("Tenente") in the ambulance
corps of the Italian Army. The
title is taken from a poem by
16th-century English dramatist
George Peele.
The novel was based on
Hemingway's own experiences
serving in the Italian campaigns
during the First World War..

6.  For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel
published in 1940. It tells the
story of Robert Jordan, a young
American in the International
Brigades attached to a
republican guerrilla unit during
the Spanish Civil War. As an
expert in the use of explosives,
he is assigned to blow up a
bridge during an attack on the
city of Segovia. Jeffrey Meyers
writes the novel is regarded as
one of Hemingway's best works.

7.  The Old Man and the Sea is
a novel published in 1952. It
was the last major work of
fiction to be produced by
Hemingway and published
in his lifetime. One of his
most famous works, it
centers upon Santiago, an
aging fisherman who
struggles with a giant marlin
far out in the Gulf Stream.

8.  Silver Medal of Military Valor,
Italian Armed Forces (c. WWI)
Bronze Star, United States Armed
Forces (1947)
 Pulitzer Prize, The Old Man and
the Sea (1953)
 American Academy of Arts and
 Letters Award of Merit (1954)
 Nobel Prize for Literature (1954)
 Top Reporter of the Last Hundred
Years,
 Kansas City Star (1999)