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Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ / HEM-ing-way; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image.
Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21, 1899, in a home built by Hemingway's maternal grandparents, Caroline [note 1] and Ernest Hall. [note 2] Hemingway was the second child and first son of Dr. Clarence and Grace Hemingway.
Mary Welsh Hemingway (née Welsh; April 5, 1908 – November 26, 1986) was an American journalist and author who was the fourth wife and widow of Ernest Hemingway. Early life [ edit ]
Ernest Hemingway, best known for his 1952 novel "The Old Man and the Sea," found his passion for writing in the upscale Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, where he was born.
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum is a nonprofit rural cemetery and arboretum located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.At a size of 733 acres (2.97 km2), it is the third largest cemetery in the United States, after the Calverton National Cemetery and Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. [2]
The family spent summers at the cottage; Ernest Hemingway, born in 1899, spent every summer here from 1900 - 1920, save 1918. In 1904, they added a kitchen, connected to the main house with a breezeway. [6] Later, a smaller "annex" was constructed to provide more bedrooms. [4] In 1921, Hemingway and Hadley Richardson honeymooned in the cottage. [6]
The Community Library became the custodian of the Hemingway House and Preserve in May 2017, following the 30-year ownership of the House by The Nature Conservancy. The change marked a new approach to the preservation and promotion of the iconic writer's legacy in the American West, and by a library whose own history is intertwined with Hemingway's.
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