Ezra Pound, Hemingway, Politics that split them up.
My friend Trudy found this interesting Article about the writers of Paris in the ’20s. I edited it to shorten but I think you will enjoy it. Photos added by me. Best, Christine Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound’s friendship spanned continents—and ideologies. By ALLEN MENDENHALL • May 5, 201 Michael Hogue Ernest Hemingway, fresh off […]
New Book about The Sun Also Rises: Everyone Behaves Badly
No one defined masculinity more thoroughly than Ernest Hemingway, particularly in his best years, i.e. the 30’s and 40’s. I just read a review of a new book out by Lesley M. M. Blume, called “Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece, The Sun Also Rises.” I always liked that quote from […]
Wife Number 3: Martha Gellhorn
About a year ago, I began doing posts on the wives and got sidetracked on other Hemingway issues. I posted on Hadley and Pauline, then diverted. Hemingway was married to Hadley Richardson for about seven years, i.e. 1921 to 1927. He was married to Pauline Pfeiffer from 1927 to 1940. He was married to Martha Gellhorn from […]
Photos only with commentary: Part 2. The Pauline years
Mary Welsh Hemingway, Hemingway’s Widow
Minn. native Mary Hemingway, wife of Ernest, memorialized in Bemidji Mary was Hemingway’s fourth wife and his widow. She took a fair amount of abuse. I was never certain if she truly loved him that much or if she loved being Mrs. Ernest Hemingway that much. She survived his infatuation with Adriana Ivancich, his bad […]
The “Hemingway Bar” in Prague
From creating cocktails named after Hemingway’s wives, carefully selecting and crafting the beautiful interior and creating a massive selection of rums and quality absinthe, it’s been one hell of a ride A cocktail connoisseur has just opened a bar in Prague where this is apparently a novel concept. Take a look.
Mining for Gold
Earlier this year, a trove of about 2,500 documents from Hemingway’s home in Cuba, Finca Vigia, were shipped to the Hemingway collection in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. They were digitized and many have already been made available. The documents include letters, lists, diaries, telegrams, insurance policies, bank statements, passports, a […]