Ernest

Hemingway

The inner drama of XX century literary genius

American writer, publicist, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature

The truth is out there

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influenced his fate

They called him a «doll»:

how Hemingway's childhood

The consequences of such an upbringing forced Hemingway to prove throughout his life that he was a real man: strong, brave, courageous, sometimes rude and daring. This was reflected in and in his attitude toward women.

His father, Clarence Edmund Hemingway, was a medical doctor and a successful one.

Her mother is Grace Ernestine Hall-Hemingway, a former opera singer.

She dressed Ernest in girlish flowered dresses and bonnets and called him "doll. It was only at age 6 that Hemingway got his first boyish haircut.

The father was withdrawn and had a strict discipline in the upbringing of the children, the mother, on the contrary, was peculiar and adhered to the Victorian tradition of dress.

Ernest Hemingway was born July 21, 1899, into an intelligent and very well-off family.

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They called him a «doll»: how Hemingway's childhood influenced his fate

Hemingway's women

or those who loved him

Mary Welsh

1 wife (1921 - 1927) — not a very pretty pianist who was older than Hemingway by 7 years

4 wife (1946-1961) — a journalist who served as his secretary for all the years they were married. It was Hemingway's longest and happiest marriage

Ernest Hemingway was popular with women and was characterized by an excessive amorousness. During his life he was married 4 times and had an army of mistresses.

Hadley Richardson

Pauline Pfeiffer

2 wife (1927 - 1940) — a friend of his first wife. She was unusually attractive and worked for Vogue magazine

Martha Gellhorn

3 wife (1940 - 1945) — american correspondent, adventurer, loved hunting and overcoming hardships

Yes, he was often rude, hot-tempered and varying in relationships, but each time he met a woman he turned into a literary work that became a masterpiece.

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Hemingway's women or those who loved him

The Nobel Prize

and World Recognition

The work capacity and discipline of the writer was amazing: some of his stories were written in a day. He always took his work seriously and forbade his distractions from 5 in the morning till afternoon, at that time his diligence was off the charts.

Hemingway receives the Nobel Prize for Literature for his philosophical novel, The Old Man and the Sea, written in Cuba. It became one of his best works.

Ernest received wide acclaim and general affection from his novels and stories, in which he described events and experiences that happened to him in fact. His style, brief and saturated, was unique and significant influence on XX century literature, making his name immortal.

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The Nobel Prize and World Recognition

Hemingway receives the Nobel Prize for Literature for his philosophical novel, The Old Man and the Sea, written in Cuba. It became one of his best works.

And Hemingway's shortest

been a parable

He won the argument by introducing a heartwarming line written on a napkin:

In this skill, to notice simple things that hide behind themselves a special depth of tragedy and was the literary talent of the writer.

story has long

Ernest Hemingway once bet with other writers $10 that he would write the shortest story of 6 words that would move anyone.

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And Hemingway's shortest story has long been a parable

The Dangerous Love

of Ernest Hemingway

Ernest liked whiskey and wine, and his favorite cocktail was a Daiquiri with a double shot of rum. He even invented a cocktail himself, calling it "Death in the Afternoon": pour absinthe into a glass of champagne, add ice, and slowly drink up to five such glasses.

It is no secret that Ernest Hemingway suffered from alcohol addiction, but he never drank at work.

I've been drunk 1,547 times in my life, but never in the morning

An intelligent person sometimes gets drunk in order to spend time with his stupidity.

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The Dangerous Love of Ernest Hemingway

The secret of success is simple: never lose heart.
Never get discouraged.
Never get discouraged in public.

There were many curiosities in his life under the influence of alcohol.

So one day Hemingway stole a urinal from his favorite bar, Sloppy Joe's. The writer claimed that he had spent enough money in that bar that he had the right to take possession of it. He installed the urinal in his home.

he was also fond of cats

Daddy Ham wasn't just into

women's, literature and booze,

But one day he had to shoot his beloved cat named Willie, who had been hit by a car. The animal was in agony, so the writer had no choice but to shoot it. He could not leave the killing of the cat to anyone else.

Hemingway admits that he had to shoot people, but never had to kill «someone he knew and loved for 11 years, and who and with two broken paws continued to purr».

He recalled this episode as one of the hardest of his life.

Hemingway loved cats. He had 57 cats in his entire life.

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Daddy Ham wasn't just into women's literature and booze, he was also very fond of cats

Was Hemingway's life

Ernest Hemingway was more than once in were in war, where he was fired upon. He survived five serious disasters, was twice wounded in hunting, drowned, almost burned in a forest fire, had skin cancer, anthrax, malaria, dysentery, hepatitis, anemia and pneumonia. Lived with diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and progressive depression.

After noticing the deterioration of Hemingway's condition, he is sent to the Mayo Psychiatric Hospital, where electroconvulsive therapy is used for treatment. After these sessions, Ernest is unable to write due to memory loss. The treatment does not bring relief and the depression grows deeper.

On 2 July 1961, two days after his discharge from the hospital, Hemingway shot himself with his favorite shotgun, having pressed the trigger with his big toe. He did not leave a suicide note.

a game with death

or a tragic accident?

Man can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated