Ernest Hemingway

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Ernest Hemingway born?July 21, 1899
2. When did Ernest Hemingway die?July 2, 1961 (age 61)
3. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?Oak Park, Illinois, USA
4. What is the career?Novelist, short-story writer, journalist, war correspondent
5. What made Ernest Hemingway's writing style special?He used simple, direct sentences and left a lot of meaning hidden, like an iceberg where most of the story is below the water.
6. Why did Hemingway travel to places like Paris and war zones?He wanted to see real events and write about them honestly, so he went to Paris to meet other writers and to war fronts to report and learn.

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