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Kenneth Schuyler Lynn (June 17, 1923 [1] – June 24, 2001) was an American author, historian, and professor who was known for his biographical studies of famous people such as Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, [2] Theodore Dreiser, William Dean Howells, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. [3]
[6] He modestly told the press that Carl Sandburg, Isak Dinesen and Bernard Berenson deserved the prize, [7] [8] James Mellow says Hemingway "had coveted the Nobel Prize", but when he won it, months after his plane accidents and the ensuing worldwide press coverage, "there must have been a lingering suspicion in Hemingway's mind that his ...
Kenneth S. Lynn: Hemingway: Finalist John Owen McCormick: George Santayana: A Biography: Finalist 1989: Richard Ellmann: Oscar Wilde: Winner Peter Gay: Freud: A Life for Our Time: Finalist Arnold Rampersad: The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II, 1941–1967: I Dream a World: Finalist [18] Neil Sheehan: A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and ...
Hemingway's sons licensed the family name and, that year, released items such as Thomasville furniture with labels showing the Hemingway lifestyle—"the Pamplona Sofa and the Kilimanjaro Bed" [40] —and the Hemingway Ltd. brand, which Lynn describes as "tastefully chosen fishing rods, safari clothes, and (surely the ultimate triumph of greed ...
Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss their engrossing new six-hour documentary on revered and reviled writer Ernest Hemingway.
Martha Gellhorn's relationship with Ernest Hemingway is the subject of Paula McLain's 2018 novel, Love and Ruin. [40] In 2021, Hemingway, a three-episode, six-hour documentary recapitulation of Hemingway's life, labors, and loves, aired on PBS. It was co-produced and directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Pauline Pfeiffer Hemingway (1895–1951), wife of Ernest Hemingway (aged 55) Woody Herman (1913–1987), musician, clarinetist (aged 74) Benjamin Franklin Hilliker (1843–1916), Medal of Honor recipient (aged 73) Darla Hood (1931–1979), actress/singer (aged 47) David Horsley (1873–1933), built the first Hollywood movie studio (aged 60)
Kenneth Lauren Burns [1] (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle American history and culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV or the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by PBS .