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He was born in Oak Park Illinois
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He leaves the newspaper business to join the army. Quote: A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
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Ernest is heartbroken and the tragedy inspires his new novel, A farewell to Arms
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He has his first marriage which truns out to be the first of four
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Hemingway's first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems, is published.
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Ernest Hemingway divorces Elizabeth Hadley on 4 April. One month later he marries Pauline Pfeiffer, a fashion writer.
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A Farewell to Arms is published. The novel's success makes Hemingway financially independent.
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Hemingways last child is born on November 12th
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Hemingway divorces Pauline on 4 November.
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Hemingway's mother Grace dies.
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The novel The Old Man and the Sea is published in Life magazine. The story of Santiago the fisherman brings Hemingway commercial and critical success. Quote: A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
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Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the fifth American author to receive the award
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Suffering from depression, alcoholism, and numerous physical ailments, Ernest Hemingway commits suicide with a shotgun at his home in Ketchum, Idaho Quote: An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
