Granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway Hosts 34th Literary Competition at Florida Keys Hemingway Days Celebration
For the last 34 years, Lorian Hemingway, granddaughter of literary icon Ernest Hemingway, has directed a now internationally recognised short story competition in Key West, the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition is part of the annual Hemingway Days festival (15–20 July 2014), which celebrates the powerful legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway made Key West his home throughout the 1930s and set his only U.S.-based novel, “To Have and Have Not,” in the island city. Since then, the vibrant island has been a colourful source of