Table of contents:
- 1. Hemingway - a frustrated KGB spy
- 2. Own urinal
- 3. Unusual fishing and submarine hunting
- 4. Diseases of the writer
- 5. Suicide
- 6. Hemingway could have been declared a war criminal
- 7. In the Florida Keys live 6-finger cats - the descendants of Ernest Hemingway's cats
- 8. Ernest Hemingway relieved F. Scott Fitzgerald of complexes
- 9. New nation
- 10. Doubles
Video: 10 little-known facts about Ernest Hemingway - the most brutal American writer
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Ernest Hemingway went down in literary history as a Nobel laureate. But much less is known about him as a person. And in 1918 he volunteered for warring Europe, was seriously wounded in the leg, trying to take a wounded Italian soldier from the battlefield. For military prowess, Hemingway was twice awarded Italian orders. And our review of 10 of the brightest facts of their life of the famous American writer.
1. Hemingway - a frustrated KGB spy
In the last few years of his life, Ernest Hemingway has repeatedly stated that he is being followed by the FBI. The writer, in order to recover from paranoia, underwent electroshock therapy 15 times on the recommendation of his doctor in 1960. After that, he lost his memory and the ability to write. Later it turned out that he was really being followed, about which Edgard Hoover personally gave the order.
In 2009, a Yale University publication, "Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America," indicated that Hemingway was a KGB operative in America. An alleged former KGB officer said that Hemingway was recruited in 1941 and codenamed "Argo". In the end, The Soviets lost interest in the writer, as he did not provide any useful information. By 1950, Argo had been removed from the list of active Soviet spies.
2. Own urinal
It's no secret that the famous writer loved to drink. Hemingway once took home a urinal from his favorite bar, Sloppy Joe's, and installed it in his home, claiming to have put so much money into the urinal at that bar that it is now his property.
3. Unusual fishing and submarine hunting
Ernest Hemingway was famous for using a machine gun to scare off sharks while fishing. In 1938, he set a world record by catching 7 marlins in one day. Hemingway also spent a significant amount of time from the summer of 1942 to the end of 1943 patrolling the coastal waters of Cuba in his wooden fishing boat. The boat was equipped with radio direction-finding equipment, and the writer was trying to detect German submarines.
4. Diseases of the writer
Ernest Hemingway survived anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, skin cancer, hepatitis, diabetes mellitus, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, ruptured spleen, ruptured liver, spinal cord injury, and fractured skull base. He received most of the damage during two plane crashes while traveling in Africa.
5. Suicide
After being discharged from a psychiatric hospital in 1961, Ernest Hemingway committed suicide by shooting himself with a favorite gun he bought from Abercrombie & Fitch.
6. Hemingway could have been declared a war criminal
Ernest Hemingway was accused of violating the Geneva Convention, which prohibited the participation of correspondents in hostilities. During World War II, the writer worked as a war correspondent for the American magazine Coller's. Soon in France, he led a detachment of partisans and used weapons to shoot the Nazis. Hemingway came under the tribunal, but lied on it, after which he returned to the battlefields again.
7. In the Florida Keys live 6-finger cats - the descendants of Ernest Hemingway's cats
Once a familiar captain gave Hemingway a six-fingered cat, after which the writer became one of the most famous lovers of polydactyl cats. After Hemingway's death in 1961, Hemingway's former home in Key West, Florida became a museum and home for his cats. Currently, about fifty descendants live in this house. Ernest Hemingway's cats.
8. Ernest Hemingway relieved F. Scott Fitzgerald of complexes
Once a friend of Hemingway, author of "The Great Gatsby" Francis Scott Fitzgerald, admitted that his wife Zelda believes that due to the size of his manhood, he cannot satisfy any woman. Ernest called his friend to the toilet, examined his "dignity" and said that everything was fine with him.
9. New nation
Hemingway's brother Leicester founded a new nation off the coast of Jamaica, which consisted of 7 citizens and lived on a bamboo raft measuring 2.44 x 9.14 m. "New Atlantis" even had its own currency and constitution.
10. Doubles
There is an official society of Ernest Hemingway twins, which annually holds contests.
And in continuation of the theme 15 rare photos from the personal archive of Ernest Hemingway.
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