Biography:One of the most famous authors of the early 20th-century, Hemingway published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works.
Many of his works are considered classics of American literature, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea."
Hemingway was also an accomplished journalist and was present with Allied troops at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris.
Born:July 21, 1899 Birthplace:Oak Park, Illinois, USA
1921-09-03 American journalist Ernest Hemingway (22) weds American Hadley Richardson (29) in Bay Township, Michigan; divorce in 1927
1927-03-10 American "The Sun Also Rises" novelist Ernest Hemingway (27) and 1st wife Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (35) divorce after 6 years of marriage
1927-05-10 American "The Sun Also Rises" novelist Ernest Hemingway (27) weds for second time, to American journalist Pauline Pfeiffer (31); divorce in 1940
1940-11-04 American "A Farewell to Arms" novelist Ernest Hemingway (41) divorces 2nd wife American journalist Pauline Pfeiffer (44) divorce after 13 years of marriage
1940-11-05 American "A Farewell to Arms" novelist Ernest Hemingway (41) weds for a third time, to American novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (31); divorce in 1945
1945-12-21 American "For Whom The Bell Tolls" novelist Ernest Hemingway (46) and American novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (36) divorce after 5 years of marriage.
1946-03-14 American "For Whom The Bell Tolls" novelist Ernest Hemingway (46) weds for fourth and final time to American journalist Mary Welsh (37), until his death in 1961
Historical Events
1937-10-15 Ernest Hemingway's novel "To Have and Have Not" published
1940-03-26 "The Fifth Column", a play by Ernest Hemingway and adapted by Benjamin Glazer premieres in NYC courtesy of the Theater Guild
1946-08-28 Film noir "The Killers" premieres, directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, based on a story by Ernest Hemingway
1952-09-08 Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea" published
1953-05-04 Pulitzer Prize for Literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway for "The Old Man and The Sea"
1954-10-28 Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Ernest Hemingway
1956-10-09 Ernest Hemingway visits fellow writer Pío Baroja at his hospital bed shortly before the Spaniard's death
Quotes by Ernest Hemingway
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
C. S. Lewis
Halldór Laxness
Pío Baroja
Damon Runyon
Henry Morton Stanley
Peter Jennings