TheBestseller
Observatory

Author

Ernest Hemingway

July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 · United States

War correspondent, Screenwriter, Novelist, Journalist, Playwright, Poet, Writer, Short story writer, Prose writer, Reporter

Titles on list

12

Total weeks

174

Peak rank

#1

Weeks at #1

36

#15101519321949196619831999
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list

Biography

Born
July 21, 1899 · Oak Park
Died
July 2, 1961 · Ketchum
Nationality
United States
Gender
Male
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Education
Oak Park and River Forest High School, James F. Byrnes High School

Awards & Honours

  • 1917Medal of Military Valour
  • 1947Bronze Star Medal
  • 1953Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • 1953Bancarella Literary Prize
  • 1954Nobel Prize in Literature
  • 1954National Order of Merit Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
  • 1987Florida Artists Hall of Fame
  • Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915-1918

On the Bestseller Lists

12 titles

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).