Date of birth: July 21, 1899
Date of Death: July 2, 1961 (Age 61)
Full name: Ernest Hemingway
Born place: Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Height: 5’5” (183 cm)
Weight: 220 lbs (57 kg)
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, and died on July 2, 1961. He worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent before becoming one of the most influential twentieth-century writers.
Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea. He received the Pulitzer Prize and the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Updated details
Biographical and career details were reviewed and the article text was updated on September 9, 2026. Historical measurements and past routine descriptions are identified as such.
