The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954
Awarded on: 1954-10-28
"for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in <I>The Old Man and the Sea,</I> and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"
Ernest Miller Hemingway
Born: 1899-07-21 in Oak Park, IL, USA
Gender: male
Field: American author and journalist (1899–1961)
Biography
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.