Ernest Hemingway

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST, 1899 to 1961

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist, author of The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea, and Nobel laureate in 1954.

Books
24
Editions tracked
49
First editions
15
Nationality
United States
Born
Oak Park, 1899
Died
Ketchum, 1961

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Ernest Hemingway wrote 24 books we track between 1925 and 1999; in publication order they begin with In Our Time (1925).

Life

About Ernest Hemingway

Writer

Known as
war correspondent, screenwriter, novelist, journalist
Genres
prose, opinion journalism, memoir
Citizenship
United States

Background

Educated at
Oak Park and River Forest High School, James F. Byrnes High School
Influenced by
Robert Louis Stevenson, Mario Berrino
Buried
Ketchum Cemetery

Awards and honours

  • Nobel Prize in Literature (1954)
  • Bronze Star Medal (1947)
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1953)
  • Florida Artists Hall of Fame (1987)
  • National Order of Merit Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1954)
  • Medal of Military Valour (1917)
  • Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915-1918
  • Bancarella Literary Prize (1953)

Notable works

From Wikidata (CC0); Wikipedia has articles on Ernest Hemingway in 153 languages.

About Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose spare, understated style influenced twentieth-century fiction; he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on 21 July 1899 and died at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, on 2 July 1961. He learned his trade as a reporter on The Kansas City Star, then served as a Red Cross ambulance driver in Italy, where he was badly wounded in 1918. In the 1920s he lived in Paris as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star, among the expatriate writers and artists. His first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems, was published there in 1923 by Robert McAlmon's Contact Publishing.

The Sun Also Rises (Scribner's, 1926) made his name, and A Farewell to Arms (1929) drew on his war service. In the 1930s he lived in Key West, Florida, and African safaris inspired Green Hills of Africa. He reported on the Spanish Civil War, the background to For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), and covered the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris in 1944. The Old Man and the Sea (1952) won the Pulitzer Prize.

For collectors. Three Stories and Ten Poems (Paris, 1923) was printed in an edition of only 300 copies. The Sun Also Rises was published by Charles Scribner's Sons on 22 October 1926 in a first printing of 5,090 copies, in a jacket illustrated by Cleo Damianakes. The first UK edition appeared from Jonathan Cape in 1927 under the title Fiesta, without the novel's two epigraphs.

Collecting guideErnest Hemingway First Editions: How to Identify the Scribner's and Cape FirstsHemingway's first editions run from two tiny Paris printings in 1923 and 1924 to the Scribner's novels, which from 1930 carry a capital A on the copyright page. The Sun Also Rises … Collecting guideThe Most Valuable First Editions to Look For at HomeThe first editions most often found in ordinary homes and worth real money are modern classics in their original dust jackets: the 1997 Bloomsbury Philosopher's Stone, Casino Royale, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Hobbit …
For collectors

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Earliest first editionIn Our TimeBoni and Liveright, 1925 Most editions trackedAcross the River and Into the Trees3 editions
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Reading guide

Ernest Hemingway books in order

In publication order

  1. 1In Our Time1925
  2. 2The Sun Also Rises1926
  3. 3The Torrents of Spring1926
  4. 4Men Without Women1927
  5. 5The Killers1927
  6. 6A Farewell to Arms1929
  7. 7The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway1930
  8. 8Death in the Afternoon1932
  9. 9Winner Take Nothing1933
  10. 10Green Hills of Africa1935
  11. 11To Have and Have Not1937
  12. 12For Whom the Bell Tolls1940
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  1. 13Men at War1942
  2. 14The Essential Hemingway1947
  3. 15Across the River and Into the Trees1950
  4. 16The Old Man and the Sea1952
  5. 17The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories1961
  6. 18A Moveable Feast1964
  7. 19By-line: Ernest Hemingway1967
  8. 20The Fifth Column1969
  9. 21Islands in the Stream1970
  10. 22The Dangerous Summer1985
  11. 23The Garden of Eden1986
  12. 24True at First Light1999
In order

First editions, year by year

  1. 1925In Our TimeBoni and Liveright
  2. 1926The Sun Also RisesScribner
  3. 1926The Torrents of SpringScribner
  4. 1927Men Without WomenScribner
  5. 1930The Short Stories of Ernest HemingwayModern Library
  6. 1932Death in the AfternoonScribner
  7. 1933Winner Take NothingScribner
  8. 1935Green Hills of AfricaScribner
  9. 1940For Whom the Bell TollsScribner
  10. 1942Men at WarCrown
  11. 1947The Essential HemingwayJonathan Cape
  12. 1950Across the River and Into the TreesScribner
  13. 1961The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other StoriesScribner
  14. 1986The Garden of EdenScribner
  15. 1999True at First LightQuality Paperbacks Direct
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Questions collectors ask

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read Ernest Hemingway's books in?

In publication order they begin with In Our Time (1925), then The Sun Also Rises (1926) and The Torrents of Spring (1926). Books in a series are listed in series order on this page.

What was Ernest Hemingway's first book?

The earliest book we list is In Our Time, first published in 1925.

When was Ernest Hemingway born?

Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 and died in 1961.

How many Ernest Hemingway books does MyVolumes track?

We track 24 books by Ernest Hemingway across 49 editions, 15 of them first editions.

What awards has Ernest Hemingway won?

Ernest Hemingway has won Nobel Prize in Literature (1954), Bronze Star Medal (1947), Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1953), Florida Artists Hall of Fame (1987), according to Wikidata.

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