Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway

• 1899-1961

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• Worked as a journalist before he started writing
  literature
• Joined the ambulance corps in World War I
• Worked as a war correspondent in the Spanish
  civil war and World War II

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• Literary debut the novel The Sun Also Rises,
  1926
• Received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954

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• Known for his minimalistic writing style his aim
  was to eliminate all the words we cannot stand
  to hear.
• A short story should be like an iceberg only 1/8
  of it should be visible