Ernest Hemingway: A Concise BiographyThis overview of the biography and writing of Ernest Hemingway from the Famous Authors series follows the young Hemingway from his boyhood home in Illinois to his start as a reporter in Kansas, which quickly led him to jobs as a reporter and an ambulance driver in WWI. Known for his minimalist style and the depiction of the “lost generation” in The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway’s experiences in WWI, his time as an expatriate in intellectual Paris and in Spain, and his love of bullfighting are depicted in the film and clearly connected to the themes in his novels and short stories. (35 minutes)
