Hemingway's venetian muse Adriana Ivancich ; A contribution to the biography of Ernest Hemingway ; New Version 2012
The essay centers on the relationship between Ernest Hemingway and Adriana Ivancich. When the writer met the then eighteen year old girl in Venice in 1948 he was nearly 50 years old, depressed and in a creative crisis. Since 1940 he had not published...
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The essay centers on the relationship between Ernest Hemingway and Adriana Ivancich. When the writer met the then eighteen year old girl in Venice in 1948 he was nearly 50 years old, depressed and in a creative crisis. Since 1940 he had not published anything serious. The platonic love story renewed his spirits. He overcame his writers block. The relationsship inspired the novel "Across the River and into the Trees" and to a lesser degree "The Old Man and the Sea". For five years the affair dominated Hemingway's emotional life, culminating in Adriana's several months long stay on his finca in Cuba. The essay follows the influence Adriana had on his writings and his personal life. Both Ernest and Adriana were left with a lasting mark. Adriana could never free herself of the father figure that overshadowed her life. Both the author and his muse ended in suicide. ; Not Reviewed
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Hemingway and the Venetian Nobility
Between 1948 and 1954 the American author Ernest Hemingway visited Venice and the surrounding area for four times. In this period he made friendship with members of four local noble families: the Franchetti, di Robilant, Kechler and Ivancich. He was...
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Between 1948 and 1954 the American author Ernest Hemingway visited Venice and the surrounding area for four times. In this period he made friendship with members of four local noble families: the Franchetti, di Robilant, Kechler and Ivancich. He was invited to their palazzi and country estates. He went fishing and hunting with them. He was fascinated by their lifestyle and portrayed members of the families in his novel "Across the River and into the Trees". The center figure was Adriana Ivancich. She became his "Venetian Muse" and center figure of the novel as Contessa Renata. ; Not Reviewed
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Ernest Hemingway and Bernard Berenson ; A Strange Friendship
In 1949 Ernest Hemingway entered in an eight year long correspondence with eminent art historian Bernard Berenson. With the time the unlikely couple that never personally met developed a strange friendship. What was Hemingway’s motive to get in touch...
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In 1949 Ernest Hemingway entered in an eight year long correspondence with eminent art historian Bernard Berenson. With the time the unlikely couple that never personally met developed a strange friendship. What was Hemingway’s motive to get in touch with this sophisticated member of the international intellectual elite and what made Berenson to accept him? The text elaborates on the difference of the two personalities. Basis are the letters both exchanged. Extensive quotes are given. The essay includes the relationship between Berenson and Hemingway’s ex-wife Martha Gellhorn
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