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ourpresidents: Did you know that  90% of Ernest Hemingway’s existing manuscript materials are in the archives of the Kennedy Library?  Today, The Kennedy Library announced the opening of fifteen letters written by Ernest Hemingway to his close friend Gianfranco Ivancich. Hemingway met Ivancich and his sister, Adriana, who became the author’s muse, while visiting Venice in 1949. Learn more about the letters, which feature Hemingway’s life in Cuba and his travels around the world. This portrait is of Ernest Hemingway at his Cuban home, the Finca Vigia in 1947.  Ernest Hemingway and JFK

ourpresidents:

Did you know that  90% of Ernest Hemingway’s existing manuscript materials are in the archives of the Kennedy Library? 

Today, The Kennedy Library announced the opening of fifteen letters written by Ernest Hemingway to his close friend Gianfranco Ivancich. Hemingway met Ivancich and his sister, Adriana, who became the author’s muse, while visiting Venice in 1949. 

Learn more about the letters, which feature Hemingway’s life in Cuba and his travels around the world.

This portrait is of Ernest Hemingway at his Cuban home, the Finca Vigia in 1947. 

Ernest Hemingway and JFK

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