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A Day That Mattered In the Lives of Hemingway and Mailer

A Day That Mattered In the Lives of Hemingway and Mailer

Hemingway wins the Pulitzer and Mailer publishes 'The Naked and the Dead'

May 04, 2020
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May 4 is a significant date for a few reasons. If you’re a Star Wars fan, may the fourth be with you this Star Wars Day. May 4 is also the anniversary of two major literary events: Ernest Hemingway winning a Pulitzer Prize, and Norman Mailer publishing The Naked and the Dead. 

The Pulitzer served as a capstone for Hemingway. While, for Mailer, releasing …

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