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Who is Ernest Hemingway ?

Ernest Miller Hemingway, born in 21 July 21 1899 and died in 2 July 1961, was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. 

Hemingway produced most of his work between 1920 and 1950. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of these are considered classics of American literature. 
Hemingway was raised in several cities before de first World War. While this wartime, he was a ambulance driver. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home.


Between 1922 and 1945, he raised accross the world. In 1952, he went on safari to Africa where he was almost killed in two successive plane crashes that left him in pain or ill health for much of the rest of his life.


In 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where he committed suicide in the summer of 1961.

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