Ernest Hemingway, born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, was the second of six children in a family that valued the arts and the outdoors. He spent his youth enjoying summers in Northern Michigan, fostering a love for nature that would later influence his writing. After graduating from high school in 1917, Hemingway began his career as a reporter for The Kansas City Star, where he developed the concise and direct prose style that became his hallmark.In 1918, Hemingway volunteered as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross during World War I and was severely wounded on the Italian Front. This experience deeply shaped his worldview and writing. In 1921, he moved to Paris and joined the expatriate community of artists and writers, publishing his breakout novel, The Sun Also Rises (1926), which captured the disillusionment of the post-war generation. His later works, including A Farewell to Arms (1929) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), cemented his reputation as a literary giant.Hemingway's adventurous life saw him covering wars as a journalist and drawing on these experiences for his stories. In 1952, he published The Old Man and the Sea, winning the Pulitzer Prize and earning the Nobel Prize in Literature the following year. Despite his professional acclaim, Hemingway struggled with health issues and depression, ultimately taking his own life on July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho. His work continues to influence writers and readers worldwide.
