Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was famous for his writings for which he also received the Nobel prize in literature in 1954. He was awarded the prize in 1954 for the intense masculinity of his writing and for his adventurous and widely publicized life.

Ernest Hemingway died on July 2nd 1961 in an age of 65 years, in his home in Ketchum, Idaho.
Ernest Hemingway was born 21st of July 1899 in the Upscale Chicago Illinois. His father Clarence was a physician, and his mother Grace was former opera singer.
His literary style, that is known as “The Iceberg Technique” is characteristic for a new, lean, clear prose based on action rather than reflection. He employed a technique in which he would leave out essential information about the story under the belief that omission can sometimes add strength to a narrative. It was a style of subtlety which contrasted greatly (and in a way enhanced) the themes he wrote about...war, blood and sports - like bullfighting or boxing, crime, etc.

Ernest Hemingway had some special "code" heroes, who almost always had the same characteristics. The hero does not let his fear get to him, and he is courageous, confident and introspective. The hero is introduced differently and changes between being old and young. It is a normal person, who through the story turns into a hero. Some of the heroes, for example his character Nick reflects Hemingway himself in many ways.

Contrary Hemingway's very masculine men, his women are very feminine. The reader gets to know the women as either love objects or anti-love figures.

He writes about two types of women the so-called "all-woman" who submits herself entirely to the hero of the story, and the so-called "femme fatale" who contains an individual woman and makes sure that the hero could never possess her completely.

In Hemingway’s opinion, the so-called "all-woman" is the most acceptable. His opinion about women was greatly influenced by his relationship to his mother, who he blamed for his father’s suicide. 

His private life, was in many ways reflected in his literature. Ernest Hemingway became known for travelling a lot. Part of his life, he lived in Key West. He lived in Key West with his wife Mary, for more than ten years, they stayed mostly because of the nature and due to the fact that Ernest loved fishing.

 Ernest Hemingway's wife Mary was also the one who found him for the last time in their house.

Anne og Christina.