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Birth
Earnest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 -
High School
On September 1913, Ernest Hemingway enters Oak Park and River Forest high school and does boxing, football, and writes for the school paper and yearbook. -
After High School
In 1917, Ernest Hemingway graduated from high school, opts not to go to college and becomes a cub reporter for Kansas City Star newspaper. -
First Novel
In 1926, his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, is published and critically acclaimed. -
A Farewell to Arms
In 1929, A Farewell to Arms is published which allows him to be financially independent because of it’s success. -
The Old Man and The Sea
On Sept. 1, 1952, he publishes The Old Man and the Sea, which awards him the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. -
Nobel Prize
On Dec. 10, 1954, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the fifth American author to receive the award. -
Suicide
On July 2, 1961, Ernest Hemingway commits suicide after suffering through depression, alcoholism, and many health problems. He shoots himself with a shotgun. -
Why He is Still Important
Ernest Hemingway is still very important today because of how he wrote. He would be able to describe many different ideas, objects, and many others with very few words while still fully describing it in great detail. He also describes life when he was living is some books he has written which allows people to see what he thought about the world and what the world around him was like.