He grew up in a Roman Catholic family and attended Catholic primary and secondary school.
His mother, Audrey, worked as a hairdresser, and his father, Ernest, was a dairyman. The musician has a brother Philip and two sisters, Anita and Angela.
There is no more precise information about the poet's origins, his family or his life. Even the ancients did not know his fate, although he was already considered an outstanding artist and authority.
During World War II, Hemingway was in Europe from May 1944 to March 1945.
In London, he met Time magazine correspondent Mary Welsh. He fell in love, and during their third meeting, asked her to marry him. While in London, he also suffered a concussion from a car accident.