Earnest Hemmingway was born in 1899 on July 21st, and he died on July 2nd of 1961.

He
was born in Illinois. His parents Grace and Clarence raised him in the conservative suburban life
of Chicago. Hemmingway learned to appreciate the outdoors at his family’s cabin in the
northern parts of Michigan. Hemmingway was even a writer in his early high school years as he
worked for the school newspaper.
After high school, he worked as a journalist for the Kansas City Star. He had to write
simple, declarative sentences that would later follow him into the writing of his popular pieces
of literature. In 1918, Hemmingway went to Italy to drive an ambulance during World War I.
After saving an Italian while he was injured himself, her earned the Italian Silver Medal of
Bravery. Due to his experience in the war, he was able to write a story called A Farewell to Arms.
In 1957, he went to cover the Spanish Civil War in Spain. After his experience there, he
wrote a book that discussed the brutality of the war called For Whom the Bell Tolls. In 1950,
Hemmingway got injured in two plane crashes. Such injuries followed him until death but did
not stop him from winning the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Although
committing suicide in 1961, Hemmingway left behind an important legacy that lands him in the
hall of fame.
His writing is still influencing authors of today’s times, and his constant pursuit of
adventure allowed him to save many lives during the war which also puts him in the hall of
fame. Such an iconic writing style is memorable and is one of the style’s that many young
students are learning to emulate. Overall, as a notable writer that is still heavily looked up to,
Hemmingway deservers his spot in the hall of fame.