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Ernest Hemingway Biography

Birth Name:Ernest Miller Hemingway

Birth Place:Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Profession Writer

Fast Facts

  • In 1954, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
  • In 1953, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • 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