The story
A public writer distilled hardship into stripped-down, high-control prose.
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Ernest Hemingway
American fiction · Key West, Florida
Why Ernest Hemingway matters
Hemingway made restraint itself feel dramatic.
Featured work
The Old Man and the Sea
Helped Hemingway win the Pulitzer and contributed to his Nobel reputation.
Major works
The Sun Also Rises
A Farewell to Arms
For Whom the Bell Tolls
