hemingway enjoyed exploring paris, learning french customs, and meeting friends. some of these new friends were artists and writers who had come to the city in the 1920s. among them were poet, ezra pound, and writers gertrude stein, john dos passos, and f. scott fitzgerald. seeing that hemingway was a good writer, they helped him publish his stories in the united states. he was thankful for their support at the time, but later denied that he had received their help.