Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Miller Hemingway
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954
Born: 21 July 1899, Oak Park, IL, USA
Died: 2 July 1961, Ketchum, ID, USA
Residence at the time of the award: USA
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style."
Language: English
Prize share: 1/1
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