HEMINGWAY BIO cont… World War I and After He met Elizabeth (Hadley) Richardson while working on the Kansas City Star She was 28 She was from a wealthy family and liked the good life

World War I and After They met and married in 1921 The newspaper transferred Ernest to a bigger paper in Toronto for a year

World War I and After Offered job as corespondent in Europe The newspaper paid his way Good experience and affirmation for his talent Moved from Toronto to Paris

Europe The newspaper paid his way But not a lot of money Hadley and Ernest lived in a scummy apartment in a poor part of town.

Europe The newspaper paid his way But not a lot of money Hadley and Ernest lived in a scummy apartment in a poor part of town. Not exactly what Hadley was used to.

Europe The apartment was so bad, he couldn’t write there. The company rented him an office When he worked, he left his wife at home in the scummy apartment

That Scummy Apartment Middle of the night tried to open the skylight in the hall The whole thing came down Gashed his head open pretty badly

That Scummy Apartment Middle of the night tried to open the skylight in the hall The whole thing came down Gashed his head open pretty badly Supposedly it jarred him out of a writer’s block

Think… Problems?

Europe Ernest and Hadley had a son John Hemingway

1926 John, known as “Bumby” is 3

Europe He traveled Europe, sometimes taking Hadley, sometimes not He loved Spain the most

Think… What part of Spanish culture did Ernest like the best?

Think… What part of Spanish culture did Ernest like the best? Bullfighting

Running of the Bulls Pamplona, Spain

Europe published In Our Time, a book of short stories “Indian Camp” is there, as well as other stories he wrote while at the cabin Almost all have the character of Nick Adams

Europe In Our Time was well received, good reviews

Europe In Our Time was well received, good reviews 1926 published The Sun Also Rises, very successful

Europe In Our Time was well received, good reviews 1926 published The Sun Also Rises, very successful Kept writing for the newspaper till about 1928

That Scummy Apartment He could put up with it.

That Scummy Apartment He could put up with it. Hadly couldn’t. Divorced in 1927 after six years Hadley went back to the U.S. with John

1928 Married Pauline Pfeiffer, an American writer living in Paris They hung out with some famous American writers and artists living in Paris at the time: Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Richard Wright, and others

Also in 1928 His father committed suicide -- shot himself Somewhere around this time he stopped writing for the newspaper Had another son: Patrick

Key West Key West is a relaxed, happy away from everything Isolated -- before bridges

Key West He liked the complete relaxation It was cheap It was fun

Key West Ernest loved deep-sea fishing in Key West

Key West he published one of his most famous books so far A Farewell to Arms 1931 had another son - Gregory

Key West Wrote Death in the Afternoon Not a novel, but a description of bullfighting People who love bullfighting still say it’s the best book on the subject

Key West he was a famous writer He continues to do what he loves “One of these days I’ll go to Africa”

Key West he was a famous writer He continues to do what he loves “One of these days I’ll go to Africa” He went big game hunting in Africa in 1933 Pauline went on Safari with him

Key West He absolutely loved it! And went back more times after that Big game hunting came up in more stories

Key West Spanish Civil War

Key West : went to Spain Wrote articles to help the war effort Got close to the fighting again

Key West Close to the danger Frustrated Pauline Marriage grew apart while he was in Spain

Key West came back to Key West Divorced in 1940 after 12 years

Key West Got in a new relationship right away Married Martha Gelhorn

Key West Got in a new relationship right away Married Martha Gelhorn She was a writer and an adventurer like he was

Key West Got in a new relationship right away Married Martha Gelhorn 1940 She was a writer and an adventurer like he was They loved Key West

Key West Got in a new relationship right away Married Martha Gelhorn 1940 She was a writer and an adventurer like he was They loved Key West There was lots of rum.

Ernest and Martha, 1940

Cuba Martha and Ernest moved to Cuba

Exterior of Heminway

Cuba Martha and Ernest moved to Cuba At this point, he was very famous LIFE magazine published lots of photos of Hemingway

Cuba Published For Whom the Bell Tolls Title came from a famous 17th Century British poem by John Donne Talks about his father’s death

Cuba Spain becomes a Fascist country

World War II Of course, he wants to help

World War II Of course, he wants to help Wrote a letter to the Navy to help him outfit his deep sea fishing boat for combat

World War II Of course, he wants to help Wrote a letter to the Navy to help him outfit his deep sea fishing boat for combat The Navy said “no”

World War II So went out anyway on his own

World War II So went out anyway on his own With buddies & rum He cruised for German subs

World War II So went out anyway on his own With buddies & rum He cruised for German subs Tried to put together a spy network in Cuba

World War II So went out anyway on his own With buddies & rum He cruised for German subs Tried to put together a spy network in Cuba Martha thought he was crazy

World War II So-called “spies” showing up at his house 4 a.m.

World War II 1943 He went to England to get close to the action “If you go to the war, you have to leave me” -- Martha Separated in 1944, divorced in 1945