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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Bregovi kao beli slonovi
A collection of 14 short stories by Hemingway from 1927. The stories depict men in situations of loneliness, war, sports competition, love conflicts, and facing death, including the famous story The Hills Like White Elephants.
Imati i nemati
Imati i nemati (1937.) prati Harryja Morgana, koji se tijekom Velike depresije upušta u krijumčarenje i ilegalne poslove kako bi preživio. Roman oštro suprotstavlja bogate i siromašne, prikazujući borbu za opstanak u surovom svijetu.
Preko reke i u šumu
Preko rijeke i u šumu (1950) roman je američkog pisca Ernesta Hemingwaya. Naslov je izveden iz posljednjih riječi generala Konfederacije iz vremena američkog građanskog rata Thomasa J. "Stonewall" Jacksona.
Preko reke i u šumu
Preko rijeke i u šumu (1950) roman je američkog pisca Ernesta Hemingwaya. Naslov je izveden iz posljednjih riječi generala Konfederacije iz vremena američkog građanskog rata Thomasa J. "Stonewall" Jacksona.
Preko reke i u šumu
Preko rijeke i u šumu (1950) roman je američkog pisca Ernesta Hemingwaya. Naslov je izveden iz posljednjih riječi generala Konfederacije iz vremena američkog građanskog rata Thomasa J. "Stonewall" Jacksona.
Preko reke pa u šumu
The last days in the life of an infantry colonel in the US Army, which he spends in Venice, with friends and his young girlfriend, before dying of a heart attack in his car on the way home.
Snjegovi Kilimandžara i druge priče
A collection of classic stories about people facing death, fear, and loss. Through struggles in the African wilderness and the ravages of war, Hemingway reveals the vulnerability and fearlessness of the human spirit.
Starac i more
Der alte Mann und das Meer ist ein Roman von Ernest Hemingway, einem amerikanischen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Roman wurde 1951 in Kuba geschrieben und 1952 veröffentlicht.
Starac i more
Der alte Mann und das Meer besitzt die künstlerische Kraft einer biblischen Geschichte oder eines Gleichnisses.