Hemingway died in Ketchum, Idaho, on July 2, 1961. The Old Man and the Sea (1952) earned him the Pulitzer Prize and was instrumental in his being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954. Hemingway became an authority on the subjects of his art: trout fishing, bullfighting, big-game hunting, and deep-sea fishing, and the cultures of the regions in which he set his work - France, Italy, Spain, Cuba, and Africa. His later collections of short stories and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) affirmed his extraordinary career while his highly publicized life gave him unrivaled celebrity as a literary figure. His novels The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929) established Hemingway as the most important and influential fiction writer of his generation. There his fiction career began in 'little magazines' and small presses and led to a volume of short stories, In Our Time (1925). In December of 1921, he sailed to France and joined an expatriate community of writers and artists in Paris while continuing to write for the Toronto Star. Following recuperation in a Milan hospital, he returned home and became a freelance writer for the Toronto Star. He was severely wounded on the Austrian front on July 9, 1918. Failing to qualify for the United States Army because of poor eyesight, he enlisted with the American Red Cross to drive ambulances in Italy. After graduation from high school, he moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he worked briefly for the Kansas City Star. Reading Group Guide for The Old Man and the SeaĮrnest Hemingway was born July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. First published in 1952, this hugely popular tale confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of adversity and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic. The story of a down-on-his-luck Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal-a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream-has been cherished by generations of readers. The last of his novels Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction.

It tells a fundamental human truth: in a volatile world, from our first breath to our last wish, through triumphs and pitfalls both trivial and profound, what sustains us, ultimately, is hope.” - The Guardian “A beautiful tale, awash in the seasalt and sweat, bait and beer of the Havana coast. 2007 Audie Award Finalist for Solo Narration-Male

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