Ernest Hemingway is a famous American novelist and journalist .the Noble laureate writer also is known for writing short stories. He was a members of the Expatriate community in Paris. He was also a veteran of World War I. Known for his amazing writing style, Ernest Hemingway has greatly influenced the twentieth century fictions. His style of wring at present in American literature is considered as canonical.
Early life of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was born on 21at July in the year 1899 in Oak Park Illinois. He was the elder son of Clearance Edmonds Hemingway who was a country doctor an Grace Hall Hemingway. He attended Oak and River Forest Park Highschool. The school helped him to excel both academically as well as athletically. He became the editor of the school magazine in his senior editor. Instead of going to college after finishing school Ernest Hemingway joined as a reporter in The Kansas City Star and worked there for six months. The reporting job helped his in his writng career.
Ernest Hemingway and World War I
after six months of reporting Ernest Hemingway lef the job in The Kansas City Star and tried to join the Army of United States to see the action in World War I. His father was against the idea. Ernest Hemingway failed to join the army due to poor vision. But he went to the war as a part of Red Cross Ambulance Crops. He was sent to Italian Front. On his way to the front and in the front he met with the ravages and brutalities of war, which left him shaken. Ernest Hemingway was wounded at the time of supplying deliveries to the soldiers. He was alo awarded with the Silver Medal of Military Valor.
After his injury Ernest Hemingway worked in a hospital in Milan that was ran by American red cross. Here having no ways of entertainment he was taken to alcoholism. Later he fell in love with one of the nurses in the hospital. But the relationship did not materialized as he was sent back to the United States. Later Hemingway found that the Nurse became romantically involved with an officer from Italy. This incident left a permanent mark on his psyche. The ravages of war and his failed relationship with the nurse gave him the inspiration to write A Farewell to Arms, on of his early novels.
Post World War I Life of Ernest Hemingway
Returning from war Ernest Hemingway worked as a freelancer, a staff writer and a foreign correspondent for Toronto Star Newspaper. He also continued his writing career and produced some famous novels like Under Kilimanjaro, For whom the Bell Tolls, the Old Man and the Sea, The Garden of Eden, The Torrent of Spring and the sun also rises. He also wrote several poems, short stories, Anthologies, nonfictions and stage plays. For The Old Man and The Sea he earned the Pulitzer Prize in the year 1953. the very next year he earned Nobel prize in Literature for his lifetime literary achievements.
Ernest Hemingway and Alcoholism
Ernest Hemingway was taken to alcoholism in his early years as a worker in a Milan Hospital. Known to be a heavy drinker he later became an alcoholic. In his final years he succumbed to acute alcoholism which also probably influenced his diseases like Bipolar disorder, depression and Haemochromatosis. Later in the year 1961 he committed suicide.
Ernest Hemingway is well know for his style of writing that greatly influenced the twentieth century fiction writers. He also won Nobel Prize for Literature. Till date he is considered as on eof the best writers in English Literature.
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