A Fellow 1800s-born Writer With a Tragic Life
Ernest Hemingway. Novelist. Journalist. Short story writer. He was undoubtedly one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century, but he was also a self-destructive drinker. Eccentric. Macho-man. Bare-knuckler boxer. Fisherman. Bear-hunter. Bullfighter. Nazi-killer. U-Boat hunter. Revolutionary. Spy and War Criminal! What else is there to say? Well, as it turns out – there’s plenty more!
The man’s life was as exciting and gripping as his stories. No other writer is considered to have had more influence on the style of modern English prose. His writing is as lean, hard, and athletic as the man himself. So let’s get to know Ernest Hemingway, or as his mother called him… Ernestine.
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