Short Bio
Ernest Hemingway, born July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, and passing on July 2, 1961, was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. He was a major figure of the 20th-century literature, known for his terse and understated style—a technique he termed the "iceberg theory," which suggests that the deeper meaning of a story should not be evident on the surface but should shine through implicitly. Hemingway's adventurous life and his public image influenced later generations.
His works, including "The Old Man and the Sea," "A Farewell to Arms," and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," reflect his experiences and observations from his time as an ambulance driver in World War I, a journalist during the Spanish Civil War, and a resident of Paris among the expatriate community. Hemingway's contributions to literature were recognized with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
