Exploring Hemingway at the JFK: Hemingway's life, works, and legacy.
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Quick links to the JFK Library & Foundation's Hemingway programming, from exhibits to events.
The JFK Library and Museum's permanent Hemingway exhibit (opened 2018).
Learn more about the JFK Library's permanent Hemingway exhibit, Hemingway: A Life Inspired, as well as past and upcoming Hemingway exhibits.
An evolving chronological list of important places in Hemingway's life and works.
From Oak Park to Idaho, the places Hemingway called or thought of as home.
Ernest Hemingway’s twenty-two year relationship with Idaho began in 1939, deepened over many long autumn stays in the Wood River Valley, and culminated with him making his final home in Ketchum in 1959. He died by suicide there in 1961 and is buried alongside family and close friends in the Ketchum cemetery. Idaho subtly influenced several of Hemingway's later works, most notably For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Hemingway's time in Kansas City, Missouri, and the works written there, set there, or inspired by his Kansas City experiences.
Learn more about the PEN/Hemingway Award and other Hemingway news from the JFK Library and Foundation.
Piggott, Arkansas, was hometown to Hemingway's second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer. The Pfeiffer family had a tremendous impact on Hemingway's life and writing.
Ernest Hemingway lived in Toronto, Canada, twice: a few months in the winter of 1920; a few more in 1923-1924. Ongoing work for The Toronto Star provided the young writer with needed support.