Hemingway Days started in 1981 with a short-story competition and a look-alike contest, the latter evolving into a service organization that has funded more than $350,000 in scholarships for Florida Keys students
Curator Cori Convertito shows off Ernest Hemingway 's World War I ambulance driver uniform and other belongings at Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House in Key West , Florida , on July 15.Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West , Florida , and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author’s award-winning novels and adventure-filled life.
“I got to work with my granddad, and we put out a book called ‘Dear Papa,’ which was all of the letters between Ernest and my grandfather,” Adams said. After spending most of his 20s in Paris, Hemingway embraced the vastly different island lifestyle, according to Cori Convertito, a curator at Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House.
Hemingway focused on catching fish and removing them from the water quickly. He was an early member of the International Game Fish Association and named a vice president in 1940. Michael Morawski, CEO of the Hemingway Home & Museum, credits his great-aunt, Bernice Dixon, as one of the first people to help preserve Hemingway’s legacy in Key West. The local jewellery store owner bought the house for $80,000 in 1961, shortly after Hemingway’s death. The home became a museum in 1964 and eventually was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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