Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈhɛmɪŋweɪ / HEM-ing-way; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated …

etchum, Idaho, July 2--Ernest Hemingway was found dead of a shotgun wound in the head at his home here today. His wife, Mary, said that he had killed himself accidentally while cleaning the...

Jun 8, 2024 · Ernest Hemingway killed himself due to a combination of factors, including his deteriorating mental health, physical ailments, and the emotional burden of his past …

May 10, 2023 · Farah said the famous novelist was also genetically predisposed to suicide, as evidenced by the suicide of his father in 1928 at the age of 57, as well as the deaths of two of …

Aug 2, 2022 · On July 2, 1961, Ernest Hemingway died by suicide in his home in Ketchum, Idaho, after years of suffering from mental illness.

Nov 20, 2025 · On July 2, 1961, at the age of 61, Hemingway took his own life with a shotgun blast in his Ketchum, Idaho home—a stark, deliberate act that echoed the themes of mortality …

Dec 5, 2025 · Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He was noted both for the intense masculinity …

On July 2, 1961, Hemingway’s life came to an abrupt end when he took his own life in Ketchum, Idaho. This tragic event shocked the literary world, which had only begun to comprehend the …

May 9, 2018 · While we’ll never be able to pinpoint exactly why he killed himself, it’s clear Hemingway suffered from physical and mental deterioration in the years and months leading …

Within the quiet walls of his beloved house, Ernest Hemingway, a titan of 20th-century literature, drew his final breath—not from natural causes, but by his own hand. The gunshot shattered …