He is the real thing, Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was born.

Jul 21, 1899

He was born in Oak Park Illinois. His father was a Physician and his mother was "musicaly inclined"

World War 1

May 5, 1918

Hemingway wanted to enlist in the army but both parents disaproved and an eye problem that held him back prevented him from doing it. Still wanting to be a part of the war he became a member of the Red Cross ampulance corps.

Paris

Dec 7, 1921

Hemingway and his new wife Hadley moved to Paris. because of the advice from a writer friend, Sherwood Anderson, that Parisis a good plce to start writing fiction. "If you are licky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."

Hemingways First son

Oct 8, 1923

Hemingways First son John "Jack" Hemingway was Born

Spain

Jun 11, 1925

Hemingway went to Spain and fell in love woth bllfighting

The Sun Also Rises

Jan 1, 1926

The Sun Also Rises was Hemingways first novle.

Divorced

Apr 4, 1927

Ernest divorced Hadley. Then a mounth later married Pauline Pfeiffer. Also During 1927 his short story collection Men without Women was published.

Key West

Mar 6, 1928

Hemingway and his new wife Pauline moved to Florida. On June 28 there son Patrick, was born. On December 6 Hemingways father Clarence comited suicide.

Another Son

Nov 12, 1931

Hemingways third and last son was born. He became a cross dresser.

African Safari

Apr 6, 1933

Hemingway and Pauline went on a ten week safari. Hemingway fell in love with Africa witch inspierd many of his writings.

Another remarriage

Nov 4, 1940

Hemingway and Pauline divorced.Then a week later he marries his third wife Martha Gellhorn. This same year his novle For Whom The Bell Tolls was published.

Another Divorce

Dec 21, 1945

Hemingway and Martha got a divorce

Another Marriage

Mar 14, 1946

Hemingway marries Mary Welsh. The same year Mary Had a miscarrige.

Mothers Death

Jun 28, 1951

Grace Hemingways Mother Dies

The Old Man and the Sea

Sep 1, 1952

One of Hemingways best writings was published in Life Magazine.

Nobel Prize

Dec 10, 1954

Hemingway won a Nobel Prize in literature. He was the Fifth American auther to win the prize. "For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succed.

Ernist Hemingway Dies

Jul 2, 1961

It is belived that Hemingway commited suicide. He was suffering for depression and alcoholisum. "I always try to write on the principal of the iceberg. There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg. It is the part that doesnt show."