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Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) to Clarence and Grace Hemingway. He spent his childhood in this upper-middle class area and also traversing the woods and lakes of Michigan, where his family had a summer cabin. There he developed his trademark passion for outdoor sporting (namely, fishing).
Photo by unattributed (JFK-EHEMC) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Ernest and Hadley brought each other to life. They moved to Paris in Dec. 1921 and fostered his expatriate persona as a part of the "Lost Generation" of writers. Their son Jack was born October 10, 1923. Hadley fervently played piano and Ernest blossomed into his career. Photo by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernest_Hadley_and_Bumby_Hemingway.jpg, and owned by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Ernest and Hadley had similarly depressive demons, but Ernest was never able to conquer his as well as Hadley did her own. While they were still married, Ernest was having an affair with Pauline Pfeiffer, a good friend of both his and Hadley's. Hadley left Ernest after discovering the affair with the knowledge she could not force Ernest to love her.
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Ernest and Pauline Pfeiffer, an employee of Vogue magazine, met in Paris among fellow expatriates. They were engaged before Ernest was divorced from Hadley. A house in Key West, Florida, was inherited from Pauline's family. Their sons Patrick and Gregory were born in 1928 and 1931, respectively. Photo by unattributed [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Their relationship beceme strained by fame and family life, and Ernest began an affair with Martha Gellhorn.
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Martha Gellhorn was a war reporter who, like Ernest, put work and writing before everything else. After four years of being on-and-off with each other, they married and lived in Cuba. Photo by Photographer unknown. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Martha' s position as a war correspondant led her across the world, which some say put a strain on their relationship. Gellhorn left Hemingway after years of bitterness caused by competition and distance.
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Mary Welsh was a journalist who covered WWII. She and Ernest met in Paris. She was married to him until his death, and defended his name and honor even through his mental and physical struggles. Photo by unattributed [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Ernest Hemingway committed suicide on this day in Ketchum, Idaho. He had been suffering from a lack of passion and clarity, and mental illness. Photo by Not specified, owned by John F. Kennedy library [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
