Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961; died at 61. Alive at the same time as Donald Trump, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Pope Francis, and Neil Armstrong. Wiki link