Ernest Hemingway

Awarded for

Mastery of the art of narrative, most recently shown in The Old Man and the Sea

The story behind the prize

Hemingway served as an ambulance driver in the First World War and reported on the Spanish Civil War. His spare, direct style, sometimes called the 'iceberg theory', influenced 20th-century fiction. The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953.

About

American novelist and journalist known for his short, simple sentences.

Exam facts

• Famous works: The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls