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Birth of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest is born in Oak Park, Illinois into a family of 5. -
Ernest as a child
Not long after Ernest's birth his mother developed an odd habit for dressing him and his older sister Marcelline as "twins". Ernest later went on the say that: "man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated." -
Ernest attends High School
Ernest begins to go to Oak Park and River Forest High School -
Hemingway's first Writing Experience
Hemingway's first piece of writing published was about a local performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. -
Ernest Volunteers for the Army
Sadly, he is rejected becuase of his poor eyesight that he inherited from his mother. Instead, he volunteers as a driver for the Red Cross Ambulance Corps. Ernest once
said: "For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive." -
Hemingway Wounded in Battle
Hemingway was struck by a mortar shell while handing out chocolate to Italian soldiers in a dugout. Fragments of shell entered his right foot and his knee and struck his thighs, head, and hand. -
Ernest's first Marriage
Ernest marries Elizabeth Hadley Richardson. -
Ernest's first Book Published
Hemingway's first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems, is published. -
Hemingway meets Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Dingo Bar in Paris, just two weeks after the publication of The Great Gatsby. -
Hemingway's Divorce
Ernest Hemingway divorces Elizabeth Hadley -
Ernest gets Pulitzer Prize
Ernest receives the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. At one time Ernest once said: "A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl."
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Ernest Hemingway Dies
Ernest commits suicide. He participated in "accidental" suicide. Some of the believed influeces were being an alcoholic and depression.
