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Ernest Hemingway Born 1899 in ChicagoGraduated from high school in 1917 (when US entered WW1) & was rejected by the army because of boxing injury to his eye. He joined the war effort the next year as an ambulance driver in Italy – was seriously wounded almost immediately (knee)1921, married, commissioned by The Toronto Star as a roving reporter, a post-war foreign correspondent. He went to Paris during the era of American expatriates; he met F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, and Gertrude Stein. Stein advised him to “prune” his descriptions.Notable works: Three Stories and Ten PoemsThe Torrents of SpringThe Sun also RisesA Farewell to ArmsOld Man and The Sea (1953 Pulitzer Prize winner)For Whom the Bell TollsWW2 – famous correspondent1954 – Nobel Prize for LiteratureCommitted suicide July 2, 1961 (deteriorating health, depression…..)Some quotes attributed to Hemingway:The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.Write hard and clear about what hurts.Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.Courage is grace under pressure.There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. ................
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