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The Lost Generation. Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 He was a veteran of World War I Wrote four books in the 1920’s Invented the term “The lost generation”. Hemingway Continued. Won the Nobel Prize in 1954 Was married four times Father killed himself at early age
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Ernest Hemingway • Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 • He was a veteran of World War I • Wrote four books in the 1920’s • Invented the term “The lost generation”
Hemingway Continued • Won the Nobel Prize in 1954 • Was married four times • Father killed himself at early age • Wrote twenty books • Eventually killed himself with a shotgun
Hemingway Personal Life • Attempted suicide in the Spring of 1961 • Had a nice house in Key West • He was good at sports and school • Ring Larder Jr. was his pen name
Hemingway in WW I • Farwell to Arms was based on his experiences • Joined the Red Cross Ambulance Corps • In 1918 Hemingway was wounded delivering supplies
Francis Scott Fitzgerald • Was born on September 26, 1896 • Was Born in St. Paul Minnesota • Wrote many excellent novels • Had a job at MGM • His wife went CRAZY
Fitzgerald Personal Life • Was born into a rich family • Related to Francis Scott Key • Attended Princeton University • First story was published in his schools newspaper
Fitzgerald Illness and Death • Had been an alcoholic since college • Suffered two heart attacks in 1940 • He died waiting for his doctor after the 2nd heart attack
e e cummings • Was born on Oct. 14, 1894 • Born in Cambridge, Mass. • Poet who spelled name without capitals • Attended Harvard University • Served in WW I
cummings Personal Life • Married three times • Father killed in a car crash • Fathers death had impact on poems • God was a major topic in poems
Career • In 1917 Cummings enlisted in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps • The Enormous Room was based off time in a detention camp
John Dos Passos • Was born Jan. 14, 1896 • Died in September of 1970 • Has a literary award named after him • Wrote novels such as Three Soldiers and Mr. Wilsons War
Passos Early Life • Born in Chicago • Traveled with a tutor through Europe • Attended Harvard in 1912 • Was a friend of e e cummings • Was in the U.S. Army Medical Corps
Career • First novel was published in 1920 • Became famous with his novel Three Soldiers • Wrote about injustice such as Sacco and Vanzetti • Worked as a journalist covering WW II
