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Who is Ernest Hemingway?

Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, , in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Some of his most famous works include The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Biography – Early Years On July 21, , Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois.

Ernest Hemingway () Born in Oak Park, Illinois, started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of seventeen.

Some of his most famous works include The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.!

A Biography of Ernest Hemingway

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1 A Biography of Ernest Hemingway
A Portrait of HemingwayTable of Contents

2 Who Is Ernest Hemingway?
Born into a strict, Protestant familyFamous and well accomplished author (49 short stories and over 10 novels)Nobel Peace Prize winnerAvid hunter and fisherConsidered a hero of WWICommitted suicide in Idaho (1961)Used the experiences of his life to create literary masterpieces during the Modernism EraWWI PhotoTable of Contents

3 Hemingway’s Personal Life
Born Ernest Miller Hemingway on July 21st, 1899Grew up in Oak Park, Illinois – upper middle classFather was a doctor and mother was a singerHe had four sisters and one brotherThe community had a large Protestant populationHemingway about his community: “Wide lawns and narrow minds.”(The Hemingway Resource Center)Enjoyed hunting and fishing (inspiration for many stories/novels) with his father when his mot