I know war as few other men now living know it…
– Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style — which included his iceberg theory — had 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 Literature. He published seven novels, six short-story collections, and two nonfiction works. Three of his novels, four short-story collections, and three nonfiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.