“Every man's life, truthfully told, is a novel.” Ernest Hemingway, brilliant writer, lover and tragic man, influenced the world of literature forever. He continues to intrigue and enchant his audience with his great novels and short stories. Hemingway's free spirit and love of nature strongly influenced his works. Also considered one of the leaders of The Lost Generation, Hemingway was a true ex-patriot. Unfortunately, Hemingway's inner demons took over. Now we are left with wonderfully rich works for readers and for ages to come. Ernest Hemingway's writings are among the most recognizable and influential in twentieth-century literature. Hemingway's technique is simple, with simple grammar and simple language. His trademark is a clean style that eschews adjectives and uses short, rhythmic sentences that focus on action rather than reflection. He was also an obsessive reviewer. His final work is the result of a careful process of selecting only the elements essential to the story and eliminating everything else. He kept his writing direct and without embellishment, embracing a technique he called the “iceberg principle.” (Hemingway-Maxwell 70). Hemingway is also considered an expert on dialogue. The conversations between his characters demonstrate not only communication but also its limits. His minimalist writing shows in his stories, making the most of the least. With this, Hemingway did not embrace emotions in his writing. He saw the unnecessary emotions in his writing. Instead he formed sculptures to represent authentic feeling. “He used his life experiences as inspiration for many of his books” (Bruccoli 34). Hemingway was famous for his heroic, adventurous and often stereotypically "manly" public persona...... middle of paper...... he continued his expeditions in Africa and suffered several injuries during his adventures, even surviving a numerous plane crashes. In 1954 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Even at the height of his literary career, Hemingway's body and mind were beginning to turn against him. He was recovering from many old wounds, dealing with deep depression, and struggling with numerous conditions such as high blood pressure and liver disease. He wrote A Moveable Feast, a memoir of his years in Paris, and retreated to Idaho. There he continued to struggle with declining mental and physical health. On the morning of July 2, 1961, Ernest Hemingway committed suicide at his home in Ketchum (Baker 221). Hemingway's life was a story of triumph and tragedy, of joy and despair. He achieved great acclaim as an author during his lifetime, but even that couldn't stop him from losing the will to live.