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Hemingway, Mary Welsh, 1908-1986

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1908 - 1986

Biographical History

Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908-1986) was a journalist and wife of Ernest Hemingway.

Mary Welsh Hemingway was born in 1908 in Minnesota. She was a journalist and the fourth wife of Ernest Hemingway. She met Ernest Hemingway in 1944 when she was working for the London Daily Express. Previously she worked for The Chicago Daily News and also worked for TIME magazine. She and Ernest Hemingway were married in 1946 in Cuba. They lived in Cuba and Ketchum, Idaho. After Hemingway's 1961 suicide, she served as his literary executor and was responsible for the publication of his posthumous works like A Moveable Feast. She moved to New York City following Hemingway's death. In 1976 her autobiography How it Was was published. She died in New York in 1986 and was buried by Hemingway in Ketchum, Idaho.

Citation:
NUCMC data from John F. Kennedy Libr. for Her Papers, 1908-1983 (Mary (Welsh) Hemingway, 1908-1986; wife of Ernest Hemingway; journalist; author; b. Mary Welsh)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mary Welsh and Ernest Hemingway manuscript

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233633327]
Identifier: MSS 8188
Scope and Contents

Manuscript written by Mary Hemingway with handwritten editoral changes by her husband, Ernest Hemingway. Dated approximately 1950-1960.

Dates: approximately 1950-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary Welsh and Ernest Hemingway manuscript

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