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Lillian Ross

Portrait of Hemingway

Portrait of Hemingway

by Lillian Ross

Publisher Simon and Schuster

Genre: Non-Fiction

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    Dedication on the inside : To Mary and Arthur, with admiration and affection, Lillian. Feb 7. 1962

About the book

On May 13, 1950, Lillian Ross’s first portrait of Ernest Hemingway was published in The New Yorker. It was an account of two days Hemingway spent in New York in 1949 on his way from Havana to Europe. This candid and affectionate profile was tremendously controversial at the time, to the great surprise of its author. Booklist said, “The piece immediately conveys to the reader the kind of man Hemingway was—hard-hitting, warm, and exuberantly alive.” It remains the classic eyewitness account of the legendary writer.

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About the Author

Lillian Ross

Lillian Rosswas born in Syracuse, New York. She worked as a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1945 to 1987 and returned to the magazine in 1993. Ms. Ross is the author of twelve books, including Picture, Talk Stories, Takes, Reporting, Vertical and Horizontal, and Here but Not Here.

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