Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. He was born in 1899 in Illinois. Hemingway's writing style is characterized by its straightforward language and keen observations. He gained fame with his novel 'The Old Man and the Sea,' which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway's adventurous life, including his time as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, greatly influenced his writing.