Ernest Hemingway

When Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” was published, Hemingway read it, became enthralled and decided that his subsequent work would be a novel.

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He took his wife to the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, and became fascinated by bullfighting. He returned to Pamplona many more times. Influenced by his trip to Spain, his first novel - “The Sun Also Rises” - was born.