When was Ernest Hemingway born and when did they die?

Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 and died in 1961, living to about 62 years old.

Who was alive at the same time as Ernest Hemingway?

Ernest Hemingway's closest contemporary was Winston Churchill, with whom they shared 62 years of overlapping lifetimes. Explore more contemporaries on Timeliner.

Ernest Hemingway

Q: What was Ernest Hemingway known for?

Ernest Hemingway was known for: The Old Man and the Sea, Nobel laureate. Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

1899 – 1961

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Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Ernest Hemingway

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