Ernest Hemingway - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1954
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Ernest Hemingway

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1954
for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in <I>The Old Man and the Sea,</I> and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
Spanish, English, French
date of birth
7/21/1899
place of birth
Oak Park
date of death
7/2/1961
place of death
Ketchum
Lived
61 years
occupation
  • war correspondent
  • playwright
  • journalist
  • novelist
  • prose writer
  • short story writer
  • writer
  • poet
  • screenwriter
  • reporter
notable work
  • The Old Man and the Sea
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro
  • Hills Like White Elephants
  • The Sun Also Rises
field of work
  • roman à clef
work location
  • Alassio
educated at
  • James F. Byrnes High School
  • Oak Park and River Forest High School
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