Ernest Hemingway timeline
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Ernest Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer are Divorced
Pfeiffer married Hemingway on May 10, 1927 but the match was difficult. She was wealthy and he was a best-selling author (The Sun Also Rises) with... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Marries Martha Gellhorn
Often travelling with Gellhorn, the two fell in love as they competed for quality stories. They would eventually marry in November of 1940, nearly... Read more
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"For Whom The Bell Tolls" Film Is Released
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 film in Technicolor based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Reports on World War II
In late August of 1944 Hemingway and his band of irregular soldiers entered Paris. Hemingway was always fond of saying he was the first to enter... Read more
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'To Have and Have Not' Premieres In New York
Although Howard Hawks had a high regard for Hemingway's works in general, he considered To Have and Have Not his worst book, a "bunch of junk," and... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn are Divorced
In the spring of 1944 Hemingway finally decided to go to Europe to report the war, heading first to London where he wrote articles about the RAF... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Marries Mary Welsh
According to A. E. Hotchner, Hemingway supposedly considered divorcing fourth wife Mary Welsh. Hotchner reports in a new preface to Papa Hemingway,... Read more
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'Across the River and Into the Trees' is Published
Across the River and Into the Woods has a frame story of 50-year-old Colonel Cantwell duckhunting in Trieste. The first chapter is set in the... Read more
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'Old Man and the Sea' Is Published
In September of 1952 The Old Man and the Sea appeared in Life magazine, selling over 5 million copies in a flash. The next week Scribners rolled... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Literature
Ernest Hemingway completes his short novel The Old Man and the Sea. He wrote his publisher the same day, saying he had finished the book and that... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway's Plane Crashes
In Africa he was seriously injured in two successive plane crashes: he sprained his right shoulder, arm, and left leg; had a concussion;... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 28--The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded today to Ernest Hemingway. The Swedish Academy, which presents this laurel,... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Moves to Ketchum, Idaho
When he left Spain, Hemingway travelled straight to Idaho; but was worried about money and his safety. His paranoia became acute and he believed... Read more
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Life Magazine Publishes 'The Dangerous Summer'
The book charts the rise of Antonio Ordóñez (the son of Cayetano Ordóñez, whose exploits in the bull ring and fighting technique Hemingway had... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Is Admitted to the Mayo Clinic
But even the beautiful landscapes of Idaho couldn’t hide the fact that something was seriously wrong with Hemingway. In the fall of 1960 Hemingway... Read more
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Ernest Hemingway Commits Suicide
Three months later, at home in Ketchum, Mary "found Hemingway holding a shotgun". When his personal physician Dr. Saviers arrived, he was sedated... Read more
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'A Moveable Feast' Is Published
Three years later the manuscript was published as "A Moveable Feast." The title apparently was chosen by Hemingway's widow, Mary, who recalled... Read more
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'Islands In the Stream' Is Published
The first act, "Bimini", begins with an introduction to the character of Thomas Hudson, a classic Hemingway stoic male figure. Hudson is a renowned... Read more
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