Ernest Hemingway Primary Sources

Historical documents. What clues can you gather about Ernest Hemingway, the time, place, players, and culture?

New York Times Obituary

Text of Ernest Hemingway's obituary in the New York Times on July 3, 1961.

Nobel Presentation Speech

Presentation speech to Hemingway on receipt of 1954 Nobel Prize.

Nobel Acceptance Speech

Text of Hemingway's Nobel acceptance speech.

"Soldiers Home"

E-text of the 1925 short story.

"Big Hearted River"

E-text of the 1925 short story.

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"

E-text of the 1933 short story.

"Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter"

E-text of essay first published in Esquire magazine, 1935