Ernest Hemmingway Book summary

Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899. He served in World War l, where he was seriously injured and consequently discharged from the military. 

He first married in 1921 (the first of four marriages) and moved with his wife to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent. His social group there exemplified what has become known as the “Lost Generation,” which consists of expatriate veterans, many of whom, in Hemingway’s case, were fellow writers. 

His first novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” was published in 1926. It sold well immediately and has remained in print ever since. It is considered to be one of the most translated books ever published, with worldwide publication. His lifetime body of work includes seven novels, four collections of short stories, and two nonfiction works. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. 

While he traveled extensively, both for pleasure and as a war correspondent, he maintained a home in Florida during the 1930s. He later lived in Cuba, during the 1940s and 1950s. 

Hemingway was nearly killed in 1954 when he was injured in a plane crash and then injured further in yet another plane crash the following day. The injuries he suffered plagued him with pain and poor health for the rest of his life. 

In 1959, he moved to a small town in Idaho. Two years later, he committed suicide.