War Writer
His experiences during World War I profoundly affected the young man, and he developed a strong interest in the effects of War on those who lived through it. Few writers wrote with such authenticity, nor are they as closely associated with War as Hemingway. He sent reports from the frontlines and used War as the backdrop for much of his oeuvre. His experiences shaped his fiction, and he believed the writer must tell the absolute truth.
His First World War accounts focused on the human aspect of the War and how it affected everyone – not just active soldiers, but the aftermath of their returning home with shellshock and civilians: men, women, and children caught up in the horrors of wartime. Part of Hemingway’s success is that he told it like it was.
