What is Ernest Hemingway?
{{nobelprize|Literature}} {{Infobox Writer |name = Ernest Hemingway |caption = Hemingway in 1950 |image =Ernest Hemingway 1950 crop.jpg |imagesize = |image_alt = |birth_date = {{birth date|1899|7|21|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Oak Park, Illinois]], United States |nationality = American |death_date = {{death date and age|1961|7|2|1899|7|21|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Ketchum, Idaho]], United States |awards = {{nowrap|[[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] (1953)<br>[[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (1954)}} |signature = Ernest Hemingway Signature.svg }} '''Ernest Miller Hemingway''' (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an [[Americans|American]] [[writer]]. He wrote in a very simple way, which made him very popular. He also did many [[Adventure|exciting things]], which made many people respect him. He is usually thought to be a member of the [[Lost Generation]]. He wrote seven stories, six [[Short story|short ones]], and two [[non-fiction]] ones. Three of his stories, four collections of his short stories, and three non-fiction ones were released after he died. Because he did many exciting things, some people say that, of the many [[fictional characters|characters]] he created in his books, he was his best creation. == Hemingway's early life == Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899. He grew up in [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]], [[Illinois]], near the midwestern [[city]] of [[Chicago]]. He was the second child in a family of six. His father was a [[Medical doctor|doctor]]. His mother was a painter and a [[pianist]]. Each [[summer]], the family traveled to their holiday home in northern [[Michigan]]. Ernest's father taught him how to catch [[fish]], hunt, set up a [[camp]], and cook over a [[fire]]. At home in Oak Park, Ernest wrote for his school [[newspaper]]. He tried to write like a famous [[sport]]s writer, [[Ring Lardner]], and he made his writing skills better. === Start as a news reporter === [[File:Ernest Hemingway recuperates from wounds in Milan, 1918.jpg|thumb|190px|Hemingway recuperates from wounds in Milan, 1918]] In