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Hemingway, Ernest

(Encyclopedia) Hemingway, Ernest, 1899–1961, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Oak Park, Ill. one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Hemingway's fiction usually focuses on…

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century, the author of A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises. He wrote novels and short stories about outdoorsmen,…

Ernest Hemingway Biography

Ernest HemingwaynovelistBorn: 7/21/1899Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois Nobel Prize-winning novelist and short-story writer considered spokesman of the “lost generation.” His works, which…

Callaghan, Morley

(Encyclopedia) Callaghan, Morley (Morley Edward Callaghan)Callaghan, Morleykălˈəhănˌ [key], 1903–90, Canadian novelist. During the 1920s he spent time in Paris, where he became friends with Ernest…

Margaux Hemingway

Margaux Hemingway(Margot Hemingway)actress, modelBorn: 2/19/1955Birthplace: Portland, Oregon Striking model-turned-actress, she was the granddaughter of novelist Ernest Hemingway. She grew up…

short story

(Encyclopedia) short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the “short…

Margaux Hemingway Biography

Margaux Hemingway(Margot Hemingway)actress, modelBorn: 2/19/1955Birthplace: Portland, Oregon Striking model-turned-actress, she was the granddaughter of novelist Ernest Hemingway. She grew up…

Oak Park

(Encyclopedia) Oak Park. 1 Village (1990 pop. 53,648), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb adjacent to Chicago; settled 1833, inc. 1901. Some 25 houses there and the Unity Temple (1908) were…

Mariel Hemingway Biography

Mariel HemingwayactressBorn: 11/22/1961Birthplace: Mill Valley, California Competent actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway and younger sister of actress/model Margaux Hemingway, Mariel…

Anderson, Margaret C.

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Margaret C., 1886–1973, American author, editor, and publisher, b. Indianapolis, Ind. As editor and publisher of The Little Review (1914–29), one of the most famous of the…