Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. He worked as a reporter and ambulance driver during World War I. His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926 and established his style of understated prose. Hemingway married four times and lived in various places including Paris, Key West, and Cuba, drawing inspiration from his experiences. He won the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for Literature and committed suicide in 1961.

1. ERNEST HEMINGWAY Kaire Rohusaar 12b

2. EARLY LIFE Born in July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois W as named after his maternal grandfather After high school, Hemingway was hired as a cub reporter at The Kansas City Star World War I – ambulance driver “ A Very Short Story”

3. LIFE DURING FIRST MARRIAGE Toronto- Toronto Star Weekly Hemingway married Hadley Richardson on September 3, 1921 Paris- “The Sun Also Rises”- first novel ; the “Lost Generation” Mentors and friends- Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Sylvia Beach,F.Scott Fitzgerald S on John Hadley Nicanor was born on October 10, 1923 “ Three Stories and Ten Poems”- first published book

4. LIFE DURING SECOND MARRIAGE Hemingway divorced Hadley in January 1927, and in May married Pauline Pfeiffer S on Patric Hemingway was born on June 28, 1928 T hird son, Gregory , was born on November 12, 1931 Key West, Africa and the Carribean

5. LIFE DURING THIRD MARRIAGE Spanish Civil War In 1940 Hemingway divorced Pauline and married Martha Gellhorn “ For Whom The Bell Tolls” Cuba, Wyoming, Sun Valley , Idaho and China World War II- Bronze Star 1947

6. LIFE DURING FORTH MARRIAGE Hemingway married Mary Welsh in March 1946 Accidents in Africa and deaths of friends “ Old Man And The Sea”- Pulitzer prize 1952, Nobel Prize in Literature 1954 A dmitted to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota Comitted suicide in July 2, 1961 Ketchum, Idaho

7. MAJOR THEMES IN HIS WORKS “ The Sacred Land"—the American West “ Dark Woman" vs. the good "Light Woman" Death-existentialism Nature is where men are without women Emasculation and emancipation

8. WRITING STYLE H e learned how to "get the most from the least, how to prune language how to multiply intensities, and how to tell nothing but the truth in a way that allowed for telling more than the truth." The style is known as the “Iceberg Theory” because in Hemingway's writing the hard facts float above water; the supporting structure, complete with symbolism, operates out-of-sight Hemingway believed the writer could describe one thing though an entirely different thing occurs below the surface

9. INFLUENCE AND LEGACY He became the spokesperson for the post-World War I generation, and he established a style to be emulated "Hemingway industry ” In 1978 a minor planet was named for him— 3656 Hemingway O n July 17, 1989, the United States Postal Service issued a 25-cent postage stamp honoring Hemingway Ray Bradbury wrote the story The Kilimanjaro Device

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