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Showing posts with label Art Library Hemingway-Ernest. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 21, 2007

20070721 Happy Birthday Ernest Hemingway

Happy Birthday Ernest Hemingway

July 21, 1899

Ernest (Miller) Hemingway

Hemingway posing for a dust jacket photo by Lloyd Arnold for "For Whom the Bell Tolls", at the Sun Valley Lodge, Idaho, late 1939. Born: July 21, 1899 Oak Park, Illinois Died: July 2, 1961 (aged 61) Ketchum, Idaho

According to Biography.com, Ernest Hemingway was a “Writer, born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. The son of a doctor, he never attended college but became a journalist for the Kansas City Star (1917–18). He served with the Red Cross Ambulance Corps in France (1917–18) and was wounded while accompanying the Italian army into battle. He worked as a journalist, covering the... Read Full Biography Article:”

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PS: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is one of my many favorite short stories by Mr. Hemingway. Published in 1936, it was initially overshadowed by “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” which came out the same year. It was later made into a movie, which featured Gregory Peck and Joan Bennett. I have never seen the movie but have told that it is a classic…

The story is a quick read at 11,188 words. It can found on the net here: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

Friday, July 20, 2007

20070720 Quote of the day Ernest Hemingway on the price of time

Quote of the day – Ernest Hemingway on the price of time.

Friday, July 20th, 2007

“There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.”

Ernest Hemingway Death In The Afternoon

Photo above: Ernest Hemingway’s desk and typewriter in his studio office in Key West, Florida. February 14th, 2007 www.kevindayhoff.net