Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Additional works, including three novels, four short story colle... Read More
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on 21 July 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His father, Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, was a prominent physician and surgeon and a member of the staff of Oak Park Hospital. In Oak Park, Hemingway led the conventional, restrictive life that most boys of upper-middle-class families in late Victorian America endured; he attended public school, acted in school plays, playe... Read More