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Ernest Hemingway is Born
He grows up with his family and begins his love of the outdoors and hunting. -
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Hemingway's Life
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Hemingway is an Ambulance Driver in Italy
While serving, he suffers a major injury and meets a nurse who becomes the basis for his novel THE SUN ALSO RISES. -
Marries First Wife, Hadley Richardson, and Moves to Paris
He becomes the latest member into Gertrude Stein's "Lost Generation" group. -
Publishes THREE STORIES AND TEN POEMS.
The publication of this collection was shared with the joy of his first son being born. -
Hemingway meets F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald notices the talent in Hemingway and begins to inform connections back home that special attention should be paid to Hemingway's writings. -
Publishes THE SUN ALSO RISES
His first novel based on his experience serving as an ambulance driver in Italy and falling in love with the nurse who cared for him. -
Father Commits Suicide
His father's suicide serves as an eerie bit of foreshadowing for his own death. -
Correspondent for Spanish Civil War
Continues his life of travel that includes Spain, Key West, Africa, and Cuba. -
Wins Pulitzer for THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
He wrote this novel based on his time in Cuba and his love of fishing. -
Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Another accomplishment in a career full of accolades. -
Hemingway Commits Suicide
Following years of pain and tiem in hospitals he shoots himself two weeks before his birthday.
