7 women of the main macho of the 1970s Ernest Hemingway, whom he spoke about in his books

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The works of Ernest Hemingway conquered the world in the 60s and 70s of the last century. Many of his novels became cult, and the writer himself was a legendary person. He himself told friends and acquaintances about the countless number of his lovers, diligently creating a reputation for macho. The state of falling in love was necessary for the writer, like air, it was in women that Hemingway often drew inspiration for his amazing works. The images of some of his lovers can be found in novels and stories, albeit under different names.

Agnes von Kurowski

Despite the fact that his legs were literally stuffed with shrapnel, he smiled, joked and held himself very steadfastly within the walls of the hospital in Milan, where he got after being wounded. The nurses treated him with sympathy, and he himself was serious with only one girl - Agnes von Kurowski. He wrote letters to her, confessed his love and even called her down the aisle. It seems that she reciprocated him, at least in her letters she also spoke about her feelings for Ernie, however, in some letters she compared her feelings with those of her mother. Agnes categorically rejected the marriage proposal, and later recognized herself as Catherine Barkley in the novel Farewell to Arms.

Duff Twisden

The British socialite starred in Paris in the 1920s and was known for her extravagance, charm and countless fans. During the trip of the spouses in the company of friends to Pamplona, two men competed for the attention of the British beauty, one of whom was the writer. In fact, the writer's love affair with Twisden never happened, but his love led to the creation in the shortest possible time of the touching novel "Fiesta", filled with passion. The writer took the role of a hopelessly in love journalist in him, and Duff presented in the image of Lady Bret Ashley.

Elizabeth Hadley Richardson

The first wife of the writer also happened to become the heroine of his novel. True, in this case, not as a prototype, but by herself, because in The Holiday That Is Always With You, the author reproduces the events of his own life, describes meetings with famous people and the beginning of a relationship with his first wife, a red-haired pianist. She took a place in his heart just as he was trying to heal his wounds after his painful break with the adorable nurse Agnes. For four years Ernest Hemingway lived with his first wife, who gave him a son, John. But their marriage broke up due to the fact that the wife did not want to put up with his love for another woman - Pauline Pfeiffer.

Paulina Pfeiffer

For almost a year, Ernest Hemingway actually lived in two houses. On the one hand, he continued to love his wife, on the other, he could not do anything about his feelings for an American journalist whom he met in Paris. The trip to Pamplona opened Hadley Richardson's eyes to her husband's relationship with another woman. She herself asked him about what was happening between him and Pauline, and he simply flew into a rage. Least of all in the world he wanted to talk about it and desperately believed that he would save both his wife and his mistress. But Hadley unexpectedly demanded a divorce, which was quite painful for both spouses. Soon after parting with his first wife, the writer took Paulina Pfeiffer down the aisle. She also became the heroine of his story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The writer's second marriage lasted 13 years and gave him two sons, Patrick and Gregory.

Jane Mason

Hemingway made the beautiful American woman the heroine of his story "The Short Happiness of Francis Macomber", where she appears in the form of the cruel Martha, who killed her own husband. Although in fact, Jane was not at all as cruel as her literary reflection. Ernest Hemingway met this girl and her husband Grant in the fall of 1931 on the Ile de France liner), when he and Pauline returned from Europe to Key West in Florida, where he and his wife lived in a new house. The writer's wife was then awaiting the birth of Gregory, and Hemingway himself at that moment hardly thought about having an affair with a lady whose husband did not take his eyes off her. However, soon Jane became a frequent guest not only in Hemingway's house, but also on his ship "Anita". Jane Mason turned out to be a passionate fisherman and hunter, she was crazy about the writer. Their relationship lasted for several years. Pauline, of course, guessed about her husband's new hobby, but chose to be wisely silent, because she remembered the story of her own marriage too well. However, he maintained a relationship with Jane Hemingway for many years until he met his new love.

Martha Gellhorn

The image of Martha is reflected in the heroine of Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Despite the fact that the writer and his third wife were very similar, they could not coexist in the same space for a long time. They were both ambitious and eager to become famous. The talented journalist and genius writer were both passionate about their work. And it annoyed both of them in each other. Admiration for her husband's talent could not cover all of Hemingway's shortcomings for Martha. They were together in Spain during the Civil War, but later Martha noticed how selfish and boastful her husband was. The writer himself was extremely irritated by Martha's dedication to her work, and not to family life and precious husband. As a result, the writer's third marriage lasted only five years.

Adriana Ivancic

After Martha Gellhorn, the journalist Mary Welch appeared in the life of the writer, who became his fourth and last wife. He saved her from death when Mary lost a lot of blood due to an ectopic pregnancy, and he began to personally supervise the transfusion. But in the novel dedicated to Mary Welch, one can easily recognize not the writer's wife, but his last hobby - the artist Ariadna Ivancic.

With this girl, whom the writer and a friend picked up in the rain in Venice, Hemingway did not have a physical connection, but it is she who is described in the novel "Beyond the River in the Shade of Trees." True, in the book Renata is the colonel's beloved, and at the last meeting of the writer and artist, Hemingway had to apologize to Adriana for her book, in which she did not look at all as innocent as in life.

Ernest Hemingway's life was eventful, full of adventures and exciting events. He went through both wars, and historians were especially intrigued by the story that happened to the future writer in the Alps when Ernest was only 18 years old. Once a shell exploded very close to the future writer, and the fact that he survived, Hemingway owed another soldier who ended up between Ernest and the projectile.