In 1928, the writer's father committed suicide. Ernest, the eldest son of six children, attended several schools in Oak Park, wrote stories and poems in the school newspapers.

After leaving school from 1917 to 1918 he worked as a correspondent for the Kansas newspaper “Star”.

Due to an eye injury received in adolescence, he was not drafted into the army to participate in the First World War. He volunteered for belligerent Europe and became the driver of the American Red Cross detachment on the Italian-Austrian front. In July 1918, he was seriously wounded in the leg while trying to remove a wounded Italian soldier from the battlefield. For military prowess, Hemingway was twice awarded Italian orders.

After being transferred to the reserve, he was treated in Michigan, then left for Europe, traveled a lot, wrote articles for “Toronto Star”.

In Paris, he met American writers Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Scott Fitzgerald and began to write based on the principle “the main thing is to write one sentence of truth, and then he will go on.” Hemingway's first books, Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923) and a collection of short stories, In Our Time (1924), were published in Paris.

Hemingway's first literary success came in 1926 with the publication of The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) about French and Spanish immigrants in the 1920s, in which the writer expressed the mindset of a “lost generation”. The novel was well received by critics and built Hemingway a solid reputation as a promising young writer.

After the publication of another collection of stories “Men Without Women” (1927), he returned to the United States and, settling in Florida in Key West, completed his second novel “Farewell to Arms”, which was a huge success with both critics and and from the general reader.

In the 1930s, there was a certain decline in the writer's work. He spent most of his time on safari in Africa, bullfighting in Spain, and also fishing in the US state of Florida, which was reflected in his work. The main works of this period include the story about the Spanish bullfight “Death in the Afternoon” (1932), the diary of the first safari writer “Green Hills of Africa” (1935), the story “To Have and Not to Have” (1937).

In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), raising money for the Republicans, the writer went to the front as a war correspondent for the North American Association of Newspapers and screenwriter for the documentary “The Land of Spain”, which was filmed by the Dutch director Joris Ivens.

Hemingway's long stay in the country resulted in his only major play, The Fifth Column (1938), which takes place in besieged Madrid, and the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), which tells the story of the last three days of an American volunteer who gave his life for the republic. …

In the 1940s, he bought a house near Havana in Cuba and traveled to China, where the Sino-Japanese War was going on at the time.

Hemingway took part in World War II. As a war correspondent, he took part in the flights of the British Air Force, describing the Allied landings in Normandy, in August 1944 he entered Paris with American troops. For his bravery, he was awarded the Bronze Star.

In 1950, his novel “Beyond the River, in the Shade of the Trees” was published about an elderly American colonel in Venice who was coldly received by critics.

In 1952, Life magazine published Hemingway's story The Old Man and the Sea, a lyrical tale of an old fisherman who caught and then missed the biggest fish of his life. The story enjoyed tremendous success both among critics and among the general reader, and caused a worldwide resonance. For this work in 1953, the writer received the Pulitzer Prize, in 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

In 1960, Hemingway was admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, diagnosed with depression and a serious mental disorder. Leaving the hospital and convinced that he could no longer write, he returned to his home in Ketchum, Idaho. On June 2, 1961, Ernest Hemingway committed suicide with a shot from a gun.

The writer has been married four times. His first wife was Elizabeth Hadley Richardson, the second was his wife's friend Pauline Pfeiffer. The third wife of Hemingway was the journalist Martha Gellhorn, the fourth – the journalist Mary Welch. From the first two marriages, the writer had three sons.

Rating of the best books by Ernest Hemingway

Nomination	a place	composition	rating
Rating of the best books by Ernest Hemingway	one	For whom the Bell Tolls	4.9
	2	The Old Man and the Sea. Stories	4.8
	3	A holiday that is always with you	4.7
	four	A Farewell to Arms!	4.7
	five	Fiesta	4.7
	6	Islands and sea	4.6
	7	To have and not to have	4.5

What is the peculiarity of Hemingway's work?

Hemingway owes much of his style to the profession of a war correspondent. He is laconic and short. The author wrote a lot, not limiting the flight of inspiration, but then mercilessly cut the drafts.

Therefore, every word in his works is worth its weight in gold.

The main theme of creativity for a long time remained the so-called lost generation – these are people who visited the First World War and returned from there completely different. They saw all the horror of the battles, felt the pain and watched death. Despite the fact that the soldiers served the country, many felt that they were not needed by the homeland. It was about these crippled and lost souls that Hemingway wrote, referring himself to them.

The author reflected every significant period of his life in books. A Paris episode, Spanish adventures, life in Cuba and being at the front – he wrote about what he saw and felt himself.

Why is Hemingway worth reading?

The time gap between today's reader and Hem's dad is not felt when you open his books. He addressed topics that will be relevant for centuries. For example, the author sought to look into the soul of the heroes, to show their virtue and vices. Get to the bottom of human relations, describe the struggle with the elements – whether it be an external threat, such as a violent sea, or an internal storm that is playing out in the heart.

You need to read Hemingway when you need motivation or an inner push.

His characters are not afraid to appear vulnerable. They do not run away from problems, do not ignore difficulties, boldly meet adversity and philosophically treat losses, accepting life with all its joys and sorrows.

Small form

The author of The Snows of Kilimanjaro is one of the most significant novelists of the 20th century: The murderer was appreciated even by Nabokov, who did not like his other books, from Ham's short prose, the young Salinger came out. This edition includes five of his short pieces: the title and “The Light of the World” will be included in any anthology of the best stories of the century.

Across the river, in the shade of trees (1950)

Hemingway's 1950 novel tells the story of first and last love. This work describes the war as it is, without embellishment. ” Across the River and into the Trees ” – is the latest novel by Hemingway.

Venice, end of World War II. An old American colonel, who has experienced the horrors of war, with rapidly deteriorating health, meets her – a young Italian countess, his first and last love. A spontaneous and vivid feeling makes the injured soldier forget about the bad, revives his spirit and encourages him to dream, no matter what the circumstances

For whom the Bell Tolls

There is a civil war in Spain. American Robert Jordan volunteers to fight on the side of the Republicans. They prepare to take Segovia and instruct Robert to blow up the bridge during the offensive to block the path of reinforcements of the Franco rebels. The American spends several days before the operation in a partisan detachment, where he meets his first love. But a sense of duty for a young man outweighs passion.

A tragic story about the main themes of Hemingway – love and death.

For whom the Bell Tolls

Hemingway Ernest

Snow Kilimanjaro (1936)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro is an amazing book that keeps readers thinking. In 1952, a film was shot that introduced viewers to the amazing species and many animals of Africa. Everyone can enjoy viewing from the picture!

The great writer was in love with Africa. The summary of the autobiographical story is unlikely to convey the feelings that always arise in readers of the book “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.”

In the book, Harry Smith (a member of the expedition, a writer who went to get impressions for his book) finds himself on the verge of death by an absurd accident … And he sees the most beautiful thing – a snowy peak.

What images and dreams are present in a person who is on the verge of death due to chance? What does he remember at this moment?

Nobel tale

At the same time, Hemingway's pessimistic and uplifting work that “a person can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated.” The book brought the author Pulitzer, Nobel and already an unconditional reputation of a modern classic.

The Old Man and the Sea

The neighbors called the old beggar Santiago unlucky. Every day he goes fishing in the sea and returns with nothing. One day, a giant mackerel pecked at Santiago's fishing rod. The old man spends 3 days in a fight with a monstrous fish, remembering his past and reflecting on the world around him.

Intense action with philosophical digressions, for which the writer received the main literary award – the Pulitzer Prize.

The Old Man and the Sea. Green Hills of Africa (New Translation)

Hemingway Ernest

Garden of Eden

Writer David Bourne and his beloved Catherine spend their honeymoon in the south of France and Spain. Gradually, the whims and quirks of a rich wife, her jealousy for her husband's business, poison their relationship. Soon, the couple meets the beauty Marita and Katherine engages herself and her husband in a story that both will regret.

This is Hemingway's most provocative and unlike any other work. The writer called it “a novel about the serene happiness that a person inevitably loses,” but did not manage to complete it.

Garden of Eden

Hemingway Ernest

Green Hills of Africa (1935)

Hemingway wrote his autobiographical book Green Hills of Africa after a trip to Africa. In the footsteps of his memories, the writer wrote down the impressions without embellishing them with literary fiction. The only thing he changed was the names of the characters.

Hemingway's book “The Green Hills of Africa” arouses the genuine interest of readers, because, plunging into it, they can learn a lot about Africa, look at it through the eyes of an observant and intelligent traveler.

Ernest Hemingway knew Africa well, its nature, animals and people. The book was written with love for the continent and nature.

On that only civilian

Hemingway is back in Spain, but now he doesn't admire – brr! – corrida, and fights against the Francoists. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is as irreplaceable a historical and literary source as “War and Peace” for those who are concerned with Napoleon.

Islands and sea

Book author: Ernest Hemingway

The novel included in our rating was published after Hemingway's death in 1970. The plot revolves around the difficult life of the marine painter Thomas Hudson. The work is largely autobiographical. The appearance, age, occupation of the protagonist and the author completely coincide. Hudson and Hemingway collaborated with the American authorities. Even the breeds, nicknames and habits of the cats of these people are identical.

The description begins with the measured and calm life of the artist, who settled on the island of Bimini and paints his paintings there. Once a year, his sons come to him and spend the summer holidays with their father. They enjoy the beauty of the island, relax, swim in the sea. But the tragic death of two younger sons and ex-wife puts an end to the artist's happy life. The second part of the novel touches upon the events of the Second World War, in which Hudson's eldest son also perishes. He becomes embittered with the whole world, drowns grief in alcohol.

In the last part, Thomas participates in the capture of the crew of a German submarine, who tried to escape from the damaged submarine. The task will be completed, but Hudson himself is seriously injured. The work touched on many aspects of human life: morality, loneliness, courage, responsibility for oneself and those around them.

Hunter's Notes

Ham recalls hunting wild beasts, reflecting on life, death and the difference between fiction and reality. Environmentalists, of course, are terrified, philologists are making extracts.

A Farewell to Arms!

American Frederic Henry fights in the First World War as part of the Italian army. At the front, he falls in love with hospital nurse Catherine Barkley. The young man learns the ugliness and senselessness of war: torn bodies on the battlefield, the death of friends, fear and fatigue of the fighting sides. Henry deserts and flees with his beloved to Switzerland in the hope of peace.

A novel about beautiful and tragic love.

A Farewell to Arms!

Hemingway Ernest

Fiesta

Book author: Ernest Hemingway

Further, the rating included an autobiographical novel, which was published in 1926. The memoirs became a kind of manifesto of the “lost generation” of the 1920s, which was able to survive the horrors of war, go through all the trials and difficulties, but never find itself in a peaceful life. All the heroes of the work really existed. They were close friends and acquaintances of Hemingway.

All descriptions are in the manner characteristic of the author: laconic, simple, without additional plot lines. From the first minute the reader is captured and fascinated by the story of real people who, in every possible way, tried to adapt to their new life. The writer's enthusiasm for bullfighting is reflected in the novel. There will also be friendship with the Spanish matador, visiting literary cafes, fishing trips and returning to post-war Paris. Falling in love with a woman and insurmountable obstacles to living together, jealousy, alcohol to escape reality – all this can be observed in one of the most famous works of Hemingway.

It should be noted that the original author's title of the book is “The Sun Also Rises”. Fiesta is the published English version. But the writer did not object to it, and subsequently two titles were indicated on the cover. The work is recommended for reading in order to understand that in life there are always events that are a counterbalance to the previous ones. War gives way to peace, hatred to love, separation to meeting.

Death in Venice

One more – not to be confused with “the next” – a book about the post-war syndrome and the premonition of the end; now the action takes place in Italy. Criticism “Across the River, in the Shade of Trees” was defeated, but the fans, of course, don't care about that: aphorisms, heroism and painful passion are in place.

To have and not to have

Book author: Ernest Hemingway

Our rating ends with a novel published in 1937. He talks about the difficult years of the economic crisis in America. In the center of the plot is a simple fisherman who is trying to survive in the conditions of the Great Depression and who has become out of despair on a criminal path in order to feed himself, his wife and three daughters. Harry Morgan moonlights by renting out his boat to tourists coming on vacation. He himself accompanies the rich, as he knows the best fishing spots.

One day he finds himself in a difficult situation with spoiled gear and no money. To get from the coast of Cuba to America, he is forced to agree to illegally transport the Chinese, who, at the insistence of the intermediary, were to be killed on the way. But Morgan prefers to save illegal immigrants from certain death. Once on a slippery slope, Harry continues to agree to smuggle whiskey.

Fate is unfair to the fisherman, and he dies without fulfilling his dream to help his family. And at this time on large and luxurious yachts people who do not know of denial mindlessly burn their lives. The novel raises acute social problems, in the center of which is the confrontation between the poor and the rich, a well-fed life and a half-starved existence. The reader will have to decide for himself who is the real criminal here, and who became so by the will of fate.

A holiday that is always with you

The book is about Ernest Hemingway's early years in Paris, where he, as a journalist, moved in bohemian circles. Among his acquaintances were the famous writers Ezra Pound, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce. In the novel, Hemingway discusses art over drinking with the brilliant people of his day, talks about working on books, earns a penny, and barely makes ends meet.

A light and inspiring autobiographical novel about one of the happiest periods in the life of a writer.

A holiday that is always with you

Hemingway Ernest

What books of his are undeservedly underestimated?

If the listed works have been heard by readers for more than a decade, then the following novels are not so famous. And absolutely in vain.

Several years before the release of the story “The Old Man and the Sea”, the author published the book “To Have and Not to Have”, in which he also described the adventures of a fisherman. Harry Morgan from Florida could not support his family, so he agreed to smuggle alcohol prohibited by Prohibition. But something goes wrong, the hero loses not only the boat, but also his hand. Driven deeper into debt, he does not hesitate when asked to ferry the Cuban revolutionaries. Very soon Harry realizes that he will not return alive from this voyage.

The novel “Garden of Eden” was published after the death of Hemingway, in 1986. Although the writer denied the reality of what was described, much in the book repeats the events of his life. The hero is a war veteran who becomes a writer. With his young wife, he goes on a honeymoon trip. However, the serenity was short-lived. Jealousy bursts into their family life. At first, this feeling flares up in the wife due to the man's constant immersion in work. Then a rival appears on the horizon who threatens an already fragile happiness.

Even those who have never read his works know about the life of the writer in Cuba, Paris and Spain. But Hemingway's love for Africa was not so obvious. It was on this continent that his passion for adventure, bordering on recklessness, and the desire to enjoy life in all its manifestations manifested itself.

In the book Green Hills, the writer reflected the events of a protracted safari. Descriptions of exotic nature, the life of the natives and hunting incidents are interspersed with the author's reflections on life, death and creativity.

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