The 66th Ernest Hemingway International Billfishing Tournament began on June 13th and continues through the 18th. One of the oldest deep-sea fishing competitions, the tournament began in 1950 and takes place
After a four-year and $450 million renovation, the Ritz Paris (www.ritzparis.com
Mariel Hemingway (MH) is the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Richardson, and daughter of Jack Hemingway, Ernest’s oldest son. On behalf of the Hemingway Review and theNewsletter
The film Papa: Hemingway in Cuba was released in late April.
On Sunday, April 10, the JFK Library will host the PEN/Hemingway Awards and open the first-ever major exhibition at the JFK Library showcasing materials from our renowned Ernest Hemingway Collection.
In selecting Ottessa Moshfegh as winner of the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award, this year’s judges—authorsAlexandra Marshall, Jay Parini, and former PEN/Hemingway winner Joshua Ferris—praised Moshfegh for her “prowess and her promise.”
A movie about Max Perkins's work as an editor at Scribners including his work with Hemingway will be released in the US in July 2016. For a preview of the cast and other details, visit the movie's IMDB site.
For 2015, a non-conference year, we lowered our sights in the Hemingway Foundation's fund-raising campaign in support of the PEN/Hemingway Award in first fiction. And we exceeded expectations.
In 2014, this ramped-up effort resulted in a $10,000 boost as generous members stepped up to meet the $5,000 challenge offered by Steve Paul and Carol Zastoupil. Based on that success, the foundation board last spring voted to increase the annual donation in support of the award program by $4,000 to a total of $15,000.
