Ernest Hemingway by Mark Grundel

Oak Park, Illinois

mrgrundel — 2014-06-11 17:37:39 UTC

The birthplace of Ernest Hemingway. He was born on July 21, 1899

mrgrundel — 2014-06-11 17:51:43 UTC

The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms,

The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bells Toll,

and A Moveable Feast.

mrgrundel — 2014-06-11 17:53:49 UTC

He died in Ketchum, ID on

July 2, 1961

mrgrundel — 2014-06-12 17:39:49 UTC

He was an ambulance driver in World War 1 Italy. This was the basis for the book a Farewell to Arms.

mrgrundel — 2014-06-12 18:31:22 UTC

In 1952 Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize

for his book The Old Man and the Sea. He

also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in

1954, although he felt others deserved it more.

mrgrundel — 2014-06-16 18:20:08 UTC

Ernest Hemingway played many sports

as a child including: Football, Boxing,

Water Polo, and Track and Field

mrgrundel — 2014-06-17 16:51:18 UTC

1. Hemingway lived in many places

including Paris, Key West and Cuba.

2. He was friends with famous authors

such as Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald,

and Ezra Pound.

3. He had three sons and named Jack, Gregory

and Patrick.

4. They had cats in Key West with 6 toes!