Ernest Hemingway vintage photographErnest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated stylewhich he termed the iceberg theoryhad a strong influence on 20th century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid 1920s and the mid 1950s, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in