Hemingway, a documentary series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, premiered on PBS April 5. Its three parts, each approximately two hours, are now available online. It is eminently worth watching.
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was one of the most important American novelists and short-story writers of the 20th century, and a literary figure with an immense global influence and following. He is best known for his three most significant novels,
The Sun Also Rises (1926),
A Farewell to Arms (1929) and
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), as well as innumerable and often scintillating short stories and nonfiction works. Hemingway wrote about the two world wars and the Spanish Civil War. He also wrote about love affairs, personal betrayal and suicide, as well as bullfighting, big-game hunting and deep-sea fishing.
Courtesy of Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston / PBS
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Hemingway, a three-part, six-hour documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, examines the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced.
Interweaving his eventful biography a life lived at the ultimately treacherous nexus of art, fame and celebrity with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels and non-fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic and complicated man behind the myth and the art he created.
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This time around, the two chronicled the life of Hemingway.
The three-part, six-hour documentary film premieres at 7 p.m. Monday, April 5, on New Mexico PBS Channel 5.1.
The first part is called “A Writer” and covers 1899 to 1929.
The second part is titled “The Avatar” and covers 1929 to 1944. It airs at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6.
The third part, “The Blank Page,” chronicles 1944 to 1961. It airs at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 7.
Lynn Novick (Courtesy of Stephanie Berger)
Novick says the documentary examines the visionary work and the turbulent life of Hemingway.
It weaves his eventful biography with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels and nonfiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.
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