20) American Literature II. - Ernest Hemingway
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20. American literature II. - Ernest Hemingway
LIFE
1899 - 1961
Purlitzle prize 1953
Nobel prize 1954
7 novels and 6 short stories collections
father = doctor, mother = music teacher (he played cello and hated the lessons)
he hated his name (because of The importance of being Earnest)
started writing at secondary school
WW1
o Volunteer
ambulance driver
o 8.7.1918
wounded in mortar fire (minomet)
for helping the soldiers he got Italian silver medal for bravery
he spent six month in hospital (after the war still)
in love with nurse Agnes Kurowsky
o failed => she left him
after return from hospital he became a journalist/freelance reporter in Toronto Star
1st wife Elizaberth Richards = rich, 8 years older, really pretty
o together they went to Paris because of his job as a foreign correspondent for
Toronto Star
Paris
o met interesting people there
Gertrude Stein (founder of the lost generation = which he is a member of)
James Joyce (alcoholic sprees together)
Pablo Picasso
F.S. Fitzgerald (Great Gatsby = inspiration to write his 1st novel)
o 1
st son
2nd wife Poline Pfeifer
o she worked for Vogue
o met in Paris
o they had son together and they moved to the USA = Key West (Florida)
o 1
st boat
Spanish war
o reporter there
1939
o Sailed to Cuba => left his wife
3rd wife Martha Gelhorn
o not rich
o they lived on Cuba
o he started like cats
WW2
o London war correspondent
o met Mary Welsh
o present at D-day