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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). American author and journalist. He had a strong influence on 20th Century fiction. He survived two plane crashes. Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction (1953) and the Nobel prize For Literature (1954). He committed suicide in 1961. Bank check, accomplished in his hand in ink, Habana, Cuba, February 26, 1951, made payable to “Portador” for $15.00.
Endorsed on the verso by Roberto Herrera, a Spaniard who fled the Franco regime and was a good personal friend and photographer of Hemingway. They spent much time together drinking at El Floridita in Havana, Cuba..........................$2,375.00
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