Hemingway is one of the most famous writers and reporters in the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (twenty) century(世纪)in the world. He was born on July 21, 1899 and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (die) on July 2, 1961.

    When he was a small child, his mother taught him and her other children music and creativity(创造力)by {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(take)them to concerts, museums and theatres. And his father taught them to love nature and how {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (cook)in the open air and other life skills.

    In 1917, Hemingway finished high school and then worked as {#blank#}5{#/blank#}reporter. During World War I(第一次世界大战), he went to France, Italy and Spain. He fought in World War I and then moved {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Cuba Later, Cuba drove him out of the country. He had to go back to Idaho, the USA. There he had many health problems. And in 1961 he killed {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (him) with a gun(#t)in his own house.

    In his amazing life, Hemingway wrote lots {#blank#}8{#/blank#} famous works. Most of them are still popular now. The Old Man and the Sea helped him {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (win) the Pulitzer Prizes(普利策奖) in 1953 and the Nobel Prize In Literature in 1954. His other famous {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(work) include The Sun Also Rises(《太阳照常升起》), A Farewell to Arms(《永别了，武器》) and so on.