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They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
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Birth: | 21st July, 1899 |
Death: | 2nd July, 1961 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was an American novelist and short story writer. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He wrote several novels include: The Torrents of Spring, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, To Have and Have Not, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Across the River and Into the Trees, and The Old Man and the Sea. He wrote several short stories include: In Our Time, Men Without Women, and Winner Take Nothing.
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