Original photograph of Ernest Hemingway writing during a trip to Africa

N.p. N.p., 1953-1954. Vintage press photograph of Ernest Hemingway writing longhand during a 1953-1954 trip to Africa. Mimeo snipe dated 10-29-54 on the verso, along with a provenance label.

Hemingway's time in Africa with his fourth wife Mary was marred by disasters, the pair surviving two plane crashes and a bushfire during their stay. Hemingway was badly injured, suffering two cracked discs, a kidney and liver rupture, a dislocated shoulder, and a broken skull, leaving him in pain and poor health for the rest of his life. He would accept the Nobel Prize in Literature in October of the same year.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy and creased along the bottom edge, with a short closed tear to the top right corner.

[Book #170457]