A.E. Hotchner Outlived ‘Em All
Author and famous-friend-of-the-famous A.E. Hotchner has died at his home in Connecticut. Born in St. Louis during World War I, he was 102 years old. He was still writing until …..
Posts tagged: Ernest Hemingway
Anthony Bourdain and Ernest Hemingway Killed Themselves Two Days Apart
When Anthony Bourdain killed himself on Friday with the belt from his hotel bathrobe, he was 61 years and 348 days old. By unhappy coincidence, that makes the celebrity chef nearly a match with Nobel-prize winning …..
Look at This Spot-On Portrait of Kurt Vonnegut
Just because we like it, we’re re-upping this portrait of author Kurt Vonnegut by our own Mr. Paul Hehn. This sketch was originally done for a post about Kurt Vonnegut’s marital contract …..
Fidel Castro Dead at 90 (or Maybe 89)
Cuban rebel, dictator and Máximo Lider Fidel Castro has died. No cause of death was given in the announcement by his brother, Cuban leader Raúl Castro: “I say to the people …..
Ernest Hemingway’s Childhood Scrapbooks
In July the John F. Kennedy Library presented digital versions of Ernest Hemingway’s childhood scrapbooks.
Nicole Kidman’s Reverse Angle Stays Busy at Cannes
A selection of reverse-angle photos of the distinguished actress.
Ernest Hemingway Had Swell Handwriting
The manly old scribe had clean, well-lighted script.
Ernest Hemingway = Captain Kirk?
“There’s a lot there to pick apart in the man: the bluster, exaggerated machismo, mood swings, four marriages, alcoholism, death-wooing in the bullring, at the D-Day landing, and in bed. No small ego there. But, in all the fancy analytical footwork, it’s sometimes forgotten that, like Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, Hemingway explored ‘strange new worlds … to boldly go where no man has gone before.'”
Ernest Hemingway: Epic Self-Destruction or Just Plain Old Suicide?
“It’s hard to shake off the feeling that what he was doing wasn’t bravery, but psychotic self-dramatisation. And when you inspect the image of Hemingway-as-hero, you uncover an extraordinary sub-stratum of self-harming.
Famous Literary Drunks and Addicts
LIFE magazine has this terrific gallery of Famous Literary Drunks and Addicts — and it holds a few (though not many) surprises.By far “alcohol” is the most popular form of addiction here (although for Ernest Hemingway they call it “booze”).
Discovered Hemingway Photos
Here are some previously unpublished photos from LIFE magazine of Ernest Hemingway.