Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections and two non-f... More

Date of birth:

  • Jul 21, 1899

Date of death:

  • Jul 2, 1961 (age 61 years)

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Also known as:

  • "Papa" Hemingway,
  • Ernest Hemmingway,
  • Ernest Miller Hemingway,
  • Hemingway,
  • ernest_hemingway,
  • Ernest Hemingway,
  • Hemingway, Ernest
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Year Award Winning work Notes/Description
  • 1954
  • "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"
  • 1953
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  • Person

Assessment:

  • One of America's finest novelists, with a distinctive economical style. His work is still widely read

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  • literature

Disciplines:

  • novelist
  • journalist

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Nickname:

  • Papa
  • Hemmy
  • Wax Puppy
  • Ernie
  • Tiny
  • Hem
  • Bumby
  • Champ
  • Ernestoic
  • Hemingstein
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