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Ernest Hemingway is often referred to as the most influential writer of prose. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize for literature in 1954. In the message he prepared on receipt of the prize he showed his attitude toward writing when he declared “…. for a true writer each book should be a new beginning, were he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done, or …

…He sleeps by day because he is afraid of the night, which symbolizes death to him after his injury. His excessive drinking habits show how much anguish he is really feeling although he seems to block it out of his mind. Hemingway’s ideas and actions may seem radical to some but brilliant to others. Hemingway wrote in a manner that expressed his point of view on world affairs whether they were accepted or not.