Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American author, journalist, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, known for his unique, concise writing style that profoundly influenced 20th-century literature. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and as a young man he volunteered as an ambulance driver in World War I, an experience that shaped many of his themes.
His first significant works were the collection In Our Time (1925) and the novel The Sun Also Rises (1926), which became the voice of a "lost generation". He solidified his fame with the novels A Farewell to Arms (1929), inspired by his wartime experiences, and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), which deals with the Spanish Civil War.
His best-known work is The Old Man and the Sea (1952), a moving story about a fisherman and his fight with a big fish, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize and earned the Nobel Prize. Hemingway's style – simple, to the point, without unnecessary embellishments – became a model for many writers.
He was also an avid traveler, hunter, and war correspondent, living all over the world: in Paris, Spain, Cuba, and Africa. Unfortunately, his final years were marked by depression and illness, and his life ended tragically in suicide.
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Starac i more
The Old Man and the Sea is a novel by Ernest Hemingway, an American writer of the 20th century. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel in 1953 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
Starac i more
Starac i more je roman Ernesta Hemingveja, američkog pisca 20. veka. Hemingvej je za roman dobio Pulicerovu nagradu 1953. i Nobelovu nagradu za književnost 1954. godine.
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Remek-delo o Robertu Džordanu, Amerikancu u Španskom građanskom ratu. Kroz tri dana borbe, ljubavi i žrtvovanja, Hemingvej istražuje dužnost, smrt i neraskidivu vezu među ljudima.
Zbogom oružje
Hemingvejev roman „Zbogom oružje“ (1929), smešten na italijansko-austrijski front, prati ljubavnu priču i ratna iskustva Frederika Henrija, američkog poručnika koji služi kao vozač ambulantnih kola u italijanskoj vojsci tokom Prvog svetskog rata.