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Ernest Hemingway
    (1899-1961)

“The most important
writer since the death
of Shakespeare”
--New York Times (1950)
Childhood

• Born and raised in Oak Park, IL
• Father was an avid
  outdoorsman
• Spent many summers in
  Northern Michigan hunting and
  fishing
• Wrote short stories for his high
  school newspaper
• Wrote for the Kansas City Star
World War I & The Lost Generation

•   Worked as an ambulance driver
    for the Red Cross in Italy
•   Wounded by mortar and spent
    time recovering in Italy
•   After the war, moved to Paris to
    be close to an artistic
    renaissance and many of today’s
    greatest writers (Fitzgerald,
    Joyce, Stein, Eliot, Pound)
•   This generation of writers living
    in Europe in the 1920’s were
    coined as the “Lost Generation”
Major Works & Accomplishments
              •   Became famous for his
                  tight, short, minimalist style
              •   Covered major events as a
                  journalist including WWII &
                  the Spanish Civil War
              •   Won Pulitzer Prize for Old
                  Man and the Sea in 1952
              •   Won the Nobel Prize for
                  Literature in 1954
              •   A Farwell to Arms, For
                  Whom the Bell Tolls, and
                  The Sun Also Rises among
                  other major works
Themes
•   Hemingway was often
    seen as the definition
    of masculinity
•   Common themes of
    masculinity are war,
    wilderness, and death
•   Hemingway had many
    relationships with
    women, and he often
    writes about love and
    relationships and the
    tragedy that results
    from attraction/love
Death & Legacy

• Suffered from depression and
  received electro-shock therapy
• Never recovered & committed
  suicide on ranch in Idaho at 61
  years old
• Considered one of the greatest
  writers of the 20th century
• Hemingway Foundation in Oak
  Park, IL
Death & Legacy

• Suffered from depression and
  received electro-shock therapy
• Never recovered & committed
  suicide on ranch in Idaho at 61
  years old
• Considered one of the greatest
  writers of the 20th century
• Hemingway Foundation in Oak
  Park, IL

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Hemingway

  • 1. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) “The most important writer since the death of Shakespeare” --New York Times (1950)
  • 2. Childhood • Born and raised in Oak Park, IL • Father was an avid outdoorsman • Spent many summers in Northern Michigan hunting and fishing • Wrote short stories for his high school newspaper • Wrote for the Kansas City Star
  • 3. World War I & The Lost Generation • Worked as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross in Italy • Wounded by mortar and spent time recovering in Italy • After the war, moved to Paris to be close to an artistic renaissance and many of today’s greatest writers (Fitzgerald, Joyce, Stein, Eliot, Pound) • This generation of writers living in Europe in the 1920’s were coined as the “Lost Generation”
  • 4. Major Works & Accomplishments • Became famous for his tight, short, minimalist style • Covered major events as a journalist including WWII & the Spanish Civil War • Won Pulitzer Prize for Old Man and the Sea in 1952 • Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 • A Farwell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Sun Also Rises among other major works
  • 5. Themes • Hemingway was often seen as the definition of masculinity • Common themes of masculinity are war, wilderness, and death • Hemingway had many relationships with women, and he often writes about love and relationships and the tragedy that results from attraction/love
  • 6. Death & Legacy • Suffered from depression and received electro-shock therapy • Never recovered & committed suicide on ranch in Idaho at 61 years old • Considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century • Hemingway Foundation in Oak Park, IL
  • 7. Death & Legacy • Suffered from depression and received electro-shock therapy • Never recovered & committed suicide on ranch in Idaho at 61 years old • Considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century • Hemingway Foundation in Oak Park, IL