the old man and the sea

     

The Ol Man and the Sea is a novella (just over 100 pages in length) by Ernest Hemingway, written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. It is noteworthy in twentieth century fiction, reaffirming Hemingway's worldwide literary prominence as well as being a significant factor in his selection for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

Trivia about the old man and the sea

  • In 2002, at age 104, Gregorio Fuentes, an inspiration for this tale, died in the Cuban fishing village of Cojimar
  • 1952 novel that begins off the coast of Cuba, & ends on shore 3 days later
  • The title of this novella that won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize consists of 6 words, each of which is 3 letters long
  • At the end of this 1952 novella, Manolin promises to accompany Santiago on future fishing trips
  • Unlucky Cuban fisherman catches huge fish; sharks eat it
  • This fish story of 1952 was one of the last works Hemingway published during his lifetime
  • An angler named Santiago is the main character in this Hemingway tale
  • "He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream...."
  • A 1952 Hemingway novella
  • A Manolin (a person) & a marlin (a fish) appear in this Hemingway tale
  • Ernest Hemingway's only Pulitzer Prize came in 1953 for this short novel about a Cuban named Santiago
  • The title guy of this Hemingway work "fished alone in a skiff in the gulf stream"
  • A character in this Hemingway work admits, "I am too old to club sharks to death"
  • An angler is 0-for-84 days, fish-wise, in this 1952 piece; gets harpoon happy; has some shark trouble
  • (1952)"Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water..."
  • "Grandpa with Ocean"
  • "He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream & he had gone 84 days now without taking a fish"
  • This tale for which Hemingway won a Pulitzer was a revision of his earlier story "On the Blue Water"
  • In this Hemingway story, a fisherman named Santiago was once an arm wrestler known as "El Campeon"
  • In this 1952 short story, Hemingway wrote, "A man can be destroyed but not defeated"
  • Santiago does the rumba with a giant marlin in the musical version of this Hemingway novella
  • In this 1952 Hemingway story, Santiago goes 84 days without catching a fish, then hooks a gigantic marlin
  • Hemingway: "El Viejo y el Mar"
  • In this Hemingway story, Santiago promises to show a marlin "what a man can do and what a man endures"
  • A marlin's skeletal remains play a pivotal role in this 1952 literary work

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