Ernest Hemingway was not drafted into the army - health prevented serving. However, he more than once as a volunteer took part in hostilities in European theaters of war. The rich life experience of the writer splashed onto the pages of his writings. Some of his books entered the treasury of world literature.
From the biography of Ernest Hemingway
The American journalist and writer Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899. His birthplace was Oak Park, in the state of Illinois. The father of the future writer was a doctor. Ernest was the eldest of six children. During his studies, the boy changed several schools. Already in those years, Hemingway wrote poems and short stories that were published in school newspapers.
After graduating from school, Ernest becomes a correspondent in the newspaper "Star", published in Kansas. At an early age, Hemingway was injured in the eye, so he was not drafted into the army to participate in the imperialist war. However, Ernest volunteered for Europe in the flames of war. He ended up on the Italian-Austrian front, where he became a chauffeur of the Red Cross mission.
In the summer of 1918, Ernest was wounded in the leg when he was trying to take an Italian soldier out of the battlefield. For valor and courage, the young man was awarded two Italian orders.
At the end of his military mission, Hemingway healed wounds in Michigan for some time. Then he again went to Europe, wandered a lot, writing articles for newspapers.
Hemingway's creative path
In the capital of France, Hemingway meets American writers Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Scott Fitzgerald. At the same time, he began to compose literary works. Ernest's first stories came out in Paris. Some of them were included in the collection "In Our Time" (1924).
Success came to Ernest after the publication of the novel "And the Sun Rises" (1926). In this book, the author expressed his ideas about the mood among the representatives of the "lost generation", Spanish and French repatriates of the 20s. Critics praised this work. Hemingway gained a reputation as a promising young writer.
A year later, the writer published a storybook, after which he returned to his native country. He chose Florida as his place of residence. Here he worked hard to complete the novel Farewell to Arms. The book was a huge success. She was favored by both readers and picky critics.
In 1928, the father of the writer committed suicide. Since the beginning of the 30s, there has been a decline in Hemingway's work. He spent a lot of time on bullfights in sunny Spain, on a safari in Africa. He could be seen fishing in Florida. The impressions of those times are reflected in his books “Afternoon Death” (1932), “Green Hills of Africa” (1935), “To Have or Not to Have” (1937).
