Ernest Hemingway

Modern-day analog: WWI Italian frontline trench along the Piave River, Veneto, Italy

Struck by 227 Shrapnel Fragments in the Piave Mud

Wounded by an Austrian mortar shell with 227 shrapnel fragments along the Piave River, nineteen-year-old Hemingway carried a soldier to safety, turning his wartime pain and love into 'A Farewell to Arms'.

After the war, Hemingway moved with his bride to Paris, taking an unheated Latin Quarter garret to launch his literary crusade.

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”

世界击碎了每一个人，而许多人随后在破碎之处变得无比坚强。(Shìjiè jīsuì le měi yī gè rén, ér xǔduō rén suíhòu zài pòsuì zhī chù biànde wúbǐ jiānqiáng.)

Modern-day analog: Legendary Bohemian haven for the 'Lost Generation' of writers, Paris, France

If You Are Lucky Enough to Have Lived in Paris as a Young Man

In Paris cafés, starving in garrets, Hemingway formulated his Iceberg Theory—leaving seven-eighths of meaning beneath the surface—writing 'The Sun Also Rises' and declaring Paris a 'moveable feast'.

Seeking primal passion, Hemingway traveled across the Pyrenees into Navarre, heading for the bullfighting rings of Pamplona.

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

如果你有幸在年轻时住过巴黎，它将一生与你同在，因为巴黎是一席流动的盛宴。(Rúguǒ nǐ yǒuxìng zài niánqīng shí zhù guò Bālí, tā jiāng yīshēng yǔ nǐ tóngzài, yīnwèi Bālí shì yī xí liúdòng de shèngyàn.)

Modern-day analog: Historic Navarrese city famous for the Running of the Bulls, Spain

Grace Under Pressure: Charging Bulls and Bullring Courage

Amid charging black bulls in Pamplona, Hemingway defined 'courage as grace under pressure' and distilled the fiesta into his 1926 breakthrough novel 'The Sun Also Rises'.

Yearning for ocean wilderness, Hemingway purchased a limestone mansion in Key West, Florida, docking his fishing boat for big-game battles.

“Courage is grace under pressure.”

勇气，是在重压之下依然保持从容与优雅。(Yǒngqì, shì zài zhòngyā zhī xià yīrán bǎochí cóngróng yǔ yōuyǎ.)

Modern-day analog: Southernmost coral island haven for deep-sea fishing, Florida, USA

Six-Toed Cats and Big Game Fishing aboard the Pilar

At his Key West estate with polydactyl cats, Hemingway fished giant blue marlin aboard Pilar and in 1932 published the bullfighting classic 'Death in the Afternoon', turning maritime and arena duels into literary power.

Drawn to untamed wilderness, Hemingway sailed through Suez to Mombasa, embarking on an epic East African safari across the Serengeti.

“The sea is sweet and cruel, but to fish her you must love her as she is.”

大海是如此浩瀚而深沉，在它的怀抱中你才能测量出人类真正的卑微与坚毅。(Dàhǎi shì rúcǐ hàohàn ér shēnchén, zài tā de huáibào zhōng nǐ cáinéng cèliáng chū rénlèi zhēnzhèng de bēiwēi yǔ jiānyì.)

Modern-day analog: Majestic snow-capped volcanic peak and wild game savannah, Tanzania

The Frozen Leopard atop the Snows of Kilimanjaro

Stricken with tropical dysentery beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, staring down death inspired 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' and its legendary frozen leopard preserved at the summit of human striving.

When civil war erupted in Spain, Hemingway rushed to besieged Madrid as a war correspondent, reporting under relentless artillery fire.

“Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude.”

乞力马扎罗西峰附近有一具风干冻僵的豹子尸骨。没有人解释它到底在那样的高寒上寻找什么。(Qǐlìmǎzháluó xīfēng fùjìn yǒu yījù fēnggān dòngjiāng de bàozi shīgǔ. Méiyǒurén jiěshì tā dàodǐ zài nàyàng de gāohán shàng xúnzhǎo shénme.)

Modern-day analog: Historic Gran Vía hotel bombarded during the Spanish Civil War, Madrid, Spain

Typing Under Artillery Shells: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Inside the bombarded Hotel Florida in Madrid, Hemingway typed under artillery blasts, giving the world 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'—its title and epigraph drawn from John Donne: no human being is an island.

Following the war, Hemingway settled at Finca Vigía near Havana, Cuba, fishing with local villagers toward his crowning literary triumph.

“No man is an island, entire of itself... and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

没有人是一座孤岛，可以自全……因此，永远不要问丧钟为谁而鸣；它就为你而鸣。(Méiyǒu rén shì yī zuò gūdǎo, kěyǐ zìquán... Yīncǐ, yǒngyuǎn bùyào wèn sāngzhōng wèi shéi ér míng; tā jiù wèi nǐ ér míng.)

Modern-day analog: Tropical hilltop estate overlooking the Caribbean where The Old Man and the Sea was written, Cuba

A Man Can Be Destroyed, but Not Defeated

Living in Cuba for two decades, Hemingway penned 'The Old Man and the Sea', winning the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes. In 1954 he survived two plane crashes in Africa and wrote on through concussion and pain. Santiago's struggle proved: 'A man can be destroyed, but not defeated!'

With failing health and regional turmoil, Hemingway moved to Ketchum, Idaho, finding his final sanctuary among the snow-covered Sawtooth peaks.

“Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

人不是为了失败而生的。一个人可以被毁灭，但绝不能被打败！(Rén bùshì wèile shībài ér shēng de. Yī gè rén kěyǐ bèi huǐmiè, dàn jué bùnéng bèi dǎbài!)

Modern-day analog: Rugged Rocky Mountain sanctuary near Sun Valley, Idaho, USA

Final Days Among the Sawtooth Peaks

In 1961, amid severe depression and failing health, Hemingway died in Ketchum, Idaho. The writer who had survived wars, plane crashes, and wild oceans was laid to rest beneath the pines of the Rocky Mountains.

“Best of all he loved the fall, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floating on the trout streams.”

他热爱这片秋季黄叶纷飞的原野，热爱河水穿过枯枝奔流的乐章，如今他属于这片寂静。(Tā rè'ài zhè piàn qiūjì huángyè fēnfēi de yuányě, rè'ài héshuǐ chuānguò kūzhī bēnliú de yuèzhāng, rújīn tā shǔyú zhè piàn jìjìng.)