• During his lifetime, Hemingway survived two plane crashes, skin cancer, pneumonia, a ruptured kidney, and more diseases and injuries.
• Hemingway had wanted to fight in WW1, but was denied due to his poor eyesight.
• He married four times and divorced three times in his 62 years.
THREE FACTS ABOUT F. SCOTT FITZGERALD:
• F. Scott Fitzgerald fell in love with a woman named Zelda (who later broke off the engagement) and they had one child together.
• In the late 1930s, he had a heart attack in a Drug Store.
• F. Scott Fitzgerald had begun writing a novel called The Love of the Last Tycoon, but died when he'd written about half.
THREE FACTS ABOUT T. S. ELIOT:
• Eliot was best known for his poetic masterpieces, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", "The Waste Land", "Four Quartets", and more.
• Eliot would only write for 3 hours per day.
• He considered 'Four Quartets' to be his best work.
THREE FACTS ABOUT GERTRUDE STEIN:
• Stein was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collecter.
• Gertrude's family moved to France when she was 3, but she came back to America in 1878.
• She was 72 years old when she'd died.
THREE FACTS ABOUT EZRA POUND:
• Ezra Loomis Pound was born on October 30th, 1885, Idaho, but spent most of his youth in Pennsylvania.
• He graduated from Hamilton College in 1905.
• His imagism was an attempt to make poetry scientifically respectible.
I really hope this helped you!I tried to put this in my own words as best I can. Also, lol, I found some facts that were more 'interesting' than interesting. :D
The terrain is mountainous, which means there is not a lot of good land for farming. Because of the geography, the Japanese relied on the sea for many aspects of daily life. Trade with China and Korea became important to get the resources they needed. ... One of the major ideas that influenced Japan was Buddhism.
