100 Years Of The Sun Also Rises with The 92nd Street Y
One hundred years to the day after Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises was first published, Maya Hawke, Sarah Pidgeon, Dominic Sessa, Richard Schiff, Titus Welliver, Joy Sunday and Will Harrison joined three generations of the Hemingway family at The 92nd Street Y, New York. The evening of dramatic readings and conversation honored the novel that defined the Lost Generation and transformed American fiction.
In The Press: The Sun Also Rises Centennial
A century ago, the critics had their say about The Sun Also Rises. This fall, as the centennial opened at the Ritz Paris and moved on to the 92nd Street Y in New York, the press returned to the story once more. Below is a selection of the coverage from both cities.
A Century In Reviews: How Critics Have Read The Sun Also Rises
When The Sun Also Rises was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons on October 22, 1926, Ernest Hemingway was 27 years old and already attracting attention for his short fiction. It was The Sun Also Rises, however, that transformed him into a major literary figure. The reviews that followed recognized something new in American writing, even when critics were less certain about the people and world Hemingway depicted.
92NY: The Sun Also Rises at 100
The centennial continues in New York! 92NY hosts a night built around the novel: dramatic readings of key passages, followed by a conversation on the novel’s sustained literary prestige. Among those taking the stage: the Hemingway Ltd. Board of Directors, actors Maya Hawke, Sarah Pidgeon, Richard Schiff, Joy Sunday, and Titus Welliver, novelist Jay McInerney, and more.
A Toast to A Century at Bar Hemingway – Ritz Paris
One hundred years after Scribner first put The Sun Also Rises into readers' hands, the Hemingway family returned to Paris to inaugurate the centennial for the next generation of the author’s immense legacy. The Ritz Paris has carried Hemingway's name on its bar since 1979, though Hemingway cemented his presence in the hotel long before when he strolled in to "liberate" it in 1944. Now, on September 21st 2026, history came full circle as Hemingway Ltd. and the Ritz co-hosted a cocktail celebration to initiate a forthcoming year of centennial events.
Cuervo y Sobrinos: A Limited Edition for the Sun also rises Centennial
Cuervo y Sobrinos marks the centennial with the Hemingway Explorer Heritage, launching October 22nd — the same date The Sun Also Rises first reached readers, one hundred years ago.
Scribner & Hemingway: A Milestone in Publishing
From The Sun Also Rises onward, Ernest Hemingway published with Scribner for the whole of his career. A relationship that began with editor Maxwell Perkins in 1926, and one the house has honored ever since, keeping his catalog in print for a hundred years running.
Under the Spanish Sun
Bullfighting is woven deeply into the world of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. When Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley and their companions arrive in Pamplona for the Festival of San Fermín, the bullring becomes far more than a backdrop.
Ernest and Hadley: A Marriage That Shaped Hemingway
When Ernest Hemingway married Elizabeth Hadley Richardson on September 3, 1921, he was 22 years old, still years away from becoming one of the most famous writers in the world.
A Farewell to Arms: Hemingway’s cultural turning point
Hemingway was just 30 years old, but he was hardly unknown. The Sun Also Rises had established him as one of the leading voices of his generation, while Men Without Women had further demonstrated the distinctive economy and precision of his prose. With A Farewell to Arms, however, Hemingway reached an entirely new level of literary and popular success.
74 Years of The Old Man and the Sea
Seventy-four years ago, on September 8, 1952, Charles Scribner’s Sons published Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, a deceptively simple story of an aging Cuban fisherman and his epic struggle with a giant marlin that would become one of the most celebrated and enduring works in American literature.
The Story That Says Everything Without Saying It
In just 1,400 words and 99 years, Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants has accomplished what few works of fiction ever have. It has sparked countless debates, challenged generations of readers, and secured its place as one of the most studied and admired short stories in modern literature. First published in the August 1927 issue of Transition magazine before appearing later that year in Men Without Women, the story remains a masterclass in the power of what is left unsaid.
A Taste of Hemingway
To truly experience The Sun Also Rises, don't just follow Jake Barnes' journey across France and Spain—follow what's on his table. Nearly one hundred years after the novel's publication, Ernest Hemingway's landmark work continues to transport readers through unforgettable characters and breathtaking landscapes. But it is also a celebration of food, drink, and the simple pleasure of gathering around a table.
Henry Strater's Portrait of Hemingway
Among the countless photographs and artistic depictions of Ernest Hemingway, few are as enduring as the portrait painted by Henry Strater in Key West in 1930. More than a likeness of a famous author, the painting captures Hemingway at a defining moment in his life, when literary success, adventure, and public fascination were beginning to merge into the larger-than-life figure the world would come to know.
From Africa to Hollywood
Few stories capture the fear of a life left unfinished quite like Ernest Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro." Nearly ninety years after it first appeared in print, its themes of ambition, regret, and redemption remain as powerful as ever. This August, the anniversary of the classic film adaptation offers the perfect opportunity to revisit the story that became one of Hemingway's greatest literary achievements and inspired one of Hollywood's most memorable literary adaptations.
The Sun Also Rises (1957): Bringing Hemingway's Landmark Novel to the Silver Screen
When Hollywood finally brought The Sun Also Rises to the screen in 1957, the challenge wasn't simply adapting a great novel — it was capturing a feeling. Hemingway's portrait of the Lost Generation lives in what goes unsaid, in the spaces between drinks and glances and unanswered questions. Director Henry King and producer Darryl F. Zanuck met that challenge with an all-star cast and a commitment to authenticity, filming on location in Madrid and Pamplona to recreate the sun-soaked world Hemingway had made legendary. Ava Gardner brought Brett Ashley to life with the kind of glamour and emotional complexity the role demanded, while Errol Flynn — hard-living and magnetic — seemed less like he was playing Mike Campbell than simply being him. Nearly seventy years later, the film endures as both a love letter to Hemingway's Spain and a vivid snapshot of Hollywood at its most ambitious.
Celebrating the Birth of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois — and more than a century later, his name remains synonymous not just with literature, but with a way of living. He changed the way stories could be told, stripping prose down to its essentials and trusting readers to find the meaning beneath the surface. His characters face love, loss, courage, and uncertainty with a quiet dignity that has never stopped feeling true. From The Sun Also Rises to The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway's work has outlasted its era precisely because it was never really about one — it was always about the enduring complexities of being human.
Honoring Ernest Hemingway and the Italian Medal of Bravery
In the summer of 1918, an eighteen-year-old Ernest Hemingway was delivering supplies to Italian soldiers near Fossalta di Piave when an Austrian mortar shell exploded nearby, embedding hundreds of shrapnel fragments in his legs. Despite his own wounds, he carried an injured soldier to safety — an act of courage the Italian government honored with the Silver Medal of Military Valor. The experience marked him permanently, leading to months of recovery in a Milan hospital, a heartbreak that would haunt him for years, and eventually, A Farewell to Arms — proof that the medal represents not just a moment of bravery, but the origin of a literary legend.
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Hemingway, Gary Cooper, and the Story Behind a Hollywood Classic
When Ernest Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, he already knew who should play Robert Jordan — his close friend Gary Cooper. Their bond, built on shared adventures and mutual respect for authenticity, made the casting feel less like a Hollywood decision and more like an inevitability. When Paramount's adaptation reached theaters in July 1943, Cooper delivered exactly what Hemingway had always seen in him: no artifice, no performance, just presence — and the result earned nine Academy Award nominations and introduced millions to one of Hemingway's most enduring stories.
Hidden Treasures: Hemingway Celebrated in 250th Franco-American Cultural Exchange
As France and America celebrated 250 years of shared history, Ernest Hemingway's enduring bond with the Ritz Paris stood among the exhibition's most compelling stories.