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Who is Ernest Miller Hemingway from Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War and what is their importance? Wartime:_Understanding_and_Behavior_in_the_Second_World_War English & Literature Ernest Miller Hemingway | Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War

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Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) was an American writer and journalist. Hemingway had combat experience in World War I as an ambulance driver and was seriously wounded. He spent time in Spain during the Spanish Civil War as a correspondent. He also spent time during World War II as a war correspondent and was present during the Normandy landings on D-Day. Hemingway later wrote about his experiences in various military conflicts. His writing style often has been described as infused with a journalistic sensibility. Hemingway is today considered one of the greatest English-language writers of all time. The book assumes the reader is familiar with Hemingway as virtually no biographical information is provided. In the book he is often cited as a literary figure.