Ernest Hemingway

Birth Name:

Ernest Miller Hemingway

Birth Place:

Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Profession

Writer

In 1953, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
In 1954, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Received the Italian Silver Medal of Bravery for his service in World War I
Before becoming a novelist, he worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star
Is best known as the author of the novel "A Farewell to Arms․"
During World War I, he worked as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross
His childhood summer home, named Windemere, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968

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