Celebrating 100th anniversary with text 'The Sun Also Rises' and decorative sunburst design.

Celebrating 100 years of
The Sun ALSO Rises

the centennial
october 22, 2026

One hundred years ago Scribner published The Sun Also Rises for the first time. Twenty-six-year-old Ernest Hemingway had written the first draft in six weeks in the cafés of Montparnasse, surrounded by the real people who would become its characters.

This year, the Hemingway family marks that anniversary through the estate's continued work to bring Hemingway's writing to new readers. The centennial is not only a moment of retrospection, but a reminder that the novel's questions can still be explored.

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  • “If there is a better dialogue to be written today I do not know where to find it.”

    New York Herald Tribune, (1926)

  • "Still feels startlingly modern.”

    The New York Times (2016)

  • “A landmark of 20th-century fiction.”

    The Washington Post (1952)

  • “The best of Hemingway’s early books.”

    Malcolm Cowley (1948)

  • “One of the most influential novels ever written.”

    The Guardian (1993)

  • “He writes as if he had never read anybody’s writing.”

    The Atlantic Monthly (1976)

  • “It introduced a new style of writing—lean, hard, and modern.”

    Time Magazine (1985)

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 22nd
92nd Street Y
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall
New York, NY

Award-winning actors Maya Hawke (Stranger Things), Sarah Pidgeon (Love Story) and Richard Schiff (The West Wing), along with acclaimed novelists Jay McInerney and Thomas Beller join us for a reading and centennial celebration of The Sun Also Rises — Hemingway’s indelible portrait of love, disillusionment, friendship, and the generation transformed by the First World War.

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Text on a black background that reads "THE SUN ALSO RISES" in large, bold, brown letters.

Centennial companion guide

Book cover for Ernest Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' with a green background, gold decorative border, and an illustration of a bull inside a circle with rays emanating from it. A gold circle in the top right corner commemorates the 100th anniversar
A page from a book or an article with beige background, featuring a title about Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises" and its 100th anniversary, including faint illustrations of a sun and a street lamp in the background.
Partial page of a book or article discussing Hemingway's writing in Paris cafes, with visible illustrations of Eiffel Tower and café chairs in the background.
Page from a book or magazine with a beige background, featuring text in green and black fonts, and a faint illustration of a man in historical attire at the top.
A quote by Ernest Hemingway with his portrait at the top. The quote reads, "I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it." The background is dark green with a decorative gold border.
Black and white portrait of a man with a mustache and short hair, dressed in a suit and tie.
A gold sunburst design with radiant rays emanating from a circular center against a black background.

The Making of The Sun Also Rises

Exploring the little-known stories behind Ernest Hemingway’s breakthrough novel, The Sun Also Rises, as we celebrate its 100th anniversary.

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In the summer of 1925, Ernest Hemingway followed the fiesta of San Fermín into the bullring of Pamplona. and came home with the raw material for The Sun Also Rises. A century later, step into the world he found there.

Under the spanish sun

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Golden illustration of an open book with decorative designs on the pages, set against a black background.

A Century in Cover

The evolving visual identity of a literary classic

Over the past hundred years, the cover art for The Sun Also Rises has continually evolved with changing design sensibilities and cultural tastes. From the bold, modernist 1926 Scribner to later interpretations featuring Parisian cafés, Spanish bullfights, and photographic compositions, each era has reimagined the novel’s visual identity. Today, covers range from heritage-inspired tributes to minimalist typography, reflecting the timeless nature of Hemingway’s work and its ability to resonate with new generations of readers.

People sitting on stage in a theater, with a blue curtain behind them, engaged in a discussion or panel, under stage lighting.

A Century Later, the Conversation Continues

Writers and Readers Gather in New York to Celebrate The Sun Also Rises and the Enduring Voice of Ernest Hemingway

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A group of six people sitting around a table in a bar or pub, some with drinks, in a black and white photo, likely from the mid-20th century.

The real people behind the sun also rises

Before they were characters, they were friends, rivals, and lovers in the Paris of the Lost Generation. Meet the real expats who inspired Hemingway's first great novel.

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An outdoor café filled with people dining and socializing, with trees and a building in the background displaying a sign for La Closerie.

Following the Cafés, Cuisine, and Drinks of
The Sun Also Rises

A Taste of Hemingway

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A vintage book cover of Ernest Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' with a black and white photograph of Hemingway, an illustrated scene of a woman sitting on a tree branch, and various quotes and descriptions on aged paper.

Would You Pay $750,000 for
The Sun Also Rises?

Inside the Rare Editions and Extraordinary Auction Prices Behind Hemingway’s Landmark Novel

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Colorful movie poster for 'The Sun Also Rises' featuring actors Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, and Juliette Greco. The poster shows several scenes with characters dancing, talking, and close-ups of actors' faces, with a cityscape background and text promoting the film.

The Sun Also Rises (1957): Bringing Hemingway's Landmark Novel to the Silver Screen

Featuring Ava Gardner, Tyrone Power, and Errol Flynn, the 1957 adaptation brought Hemingway's celebrated tale of the Lost Generation from the cafés of Paris and the streets of Pamplona to movie screens around the world.

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Gold outline drawing of a vintage-style chest or trunk with decorative corner accents and locks.