Agatha Christie Ernest Hemingway LITERATURE Agatha Christie Agatha

Agatha Christie Ernest Hemingway LITERATURE

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie • an English writer called “The Queen of Crime“; • crime novels, short stories, plays; • created characters of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot; • her works have been translated into at least 103 languages; • was awarded many times, became the President of the Detection Club.

Agatha Christie • was born in 1890 in Torquay /tɔːˈkiː / in a wealthy family of a stockbroker, • during the First World War Agatha worked as a nurse • married an aviator and had a girl, • the marriage ended and she married her second husband • Agatha started writing in 1920 • died in 1976.

Agatha Christie • The Mousetrap – has been played in London theatre since 1952, • Ten Little Niggers, • Death on the Nile, • Appointment with Death • Nemesis • A Caribbean Mystery • Murder on the Orient Express

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway • American writer, • wrote novels, short stories and non-fiction, • was a journalist, • his heroes were “real men“; • won the Nobel Prize in Literature for The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway • born 1899 in Illinois /ˌiləˈnɔɪ/; • enlisted in the army during the First World War; • served in Italy as a driver; • was seriously wounded in 1918; • belonged to the Lost Generation community; • worked as a journalist in Spanish Civil War; • married four wives, • travelled a lot (Europe, Cuba, Africa); • commited suicide in 1961.

Ernest Hemingway • A Farewell to Arms – the story is influenced by Hemingway´s experience in Italy; • The Sun Also Rises – about unhappy love; • For Whom the Bell Tolls – written after Hemingway´s stay in Spain; • The Old Man and the Sea - describes an unsuccessful old fisherman, who never gives up