How tall is Ernest Hemingway?
Ernest Hemingway's listed height was 183 cm (6'0"). He was taller than about 94% of men in the United States.
Where 183 cm sits among men in the United States
Taller than about 94% of men in the United States born in 1899 (average 171.4 cm).
About Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist, born on 21 July 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, where he was raised. After high school he spent six months as a reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded by shrapnel in 1918.
In 1921 Hemingway moved to Paris and worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star. His debut novel, The Sun Also Rises, was published in 1926, followed by A Farewell to Arms in 1929. He went to Spain in 1937 to cover the Spanish Civil War, which formed the basis for For Whom the Bell Tolls in 1940. His novella The Old Man and the Sea was published in 1952 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Hemingway stood at a listed 183 cm (6'0"). He died on 2 July 1961. He was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature and was known for an economical, understated style.
Frequently asked
How tall is Ernest Hemingway in feet and inches? Ernest Hemingway was 6'0" tall, which is 183 cm, 72 inches or 1.83 m.
Is Ernest Hemingway tall for men in the United States? At 183 cm he was taller than about 94% of men in the United States born in 1899, whose average height is 171.4 cm.
Sources
- Ernest Hemingway on Wikipedia — biography and career.
- Ernest Hemingway on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
- Ernest Hemingway on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.
Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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