He wrote a superb little novel called "The Old Man and the Sea".
For that, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
He wrote many more lovely stories.
For that, he deserves a drink.
Here he is in Havana, Cuba, having a rollicking time.
Yes, he one of my favorite authors.
The Old Man Ernest Hemingway!
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Old Man Hemingway reminds Gilbakka of his social drinking days.
In the photo above you could see he is on a high, that stage when you think you're the world's best singer. Old Hemingway looks like he is singing the equivalent of "Kuch kuch hota hai."
Some of my happiest memories are about moments like this among friends in a real working-class rum shop in Guyana. The atmosphere there was far more cordial than GNI.
Old Man Hemingway reminds Gilbakka of his social drinking days.
In the photo above you could see he is on a high, that stage when you think you're the world's best singer. Old Hemingway looks like he is singing the equivalent of "Kuch kuch hota hai."
Some of my happiest memories are about moments like this among friends in a real working-class rum shop in Guyana. The atmosphere there was far more cordial than GNI.
a working-class rum shop,and i think i hear it all
Maybe he is saying "Fire one there somebody give me a glass" just like in the Dave Martin and the tradewinds song.
The Young Man and the Russian Communists
In this picture, he is 33 years old. A young man with dreams to change the world. He is addressing prominent communist intellectuals in the Kremlin, seat of the then Bolshevik government headed by Lenin. The year was 1922.
He was born in Jamaica and rose up to become a famous Jamaican-American poet. In the heat of the Second World War, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallied his troops by quoting this black man's poem "If We Must Die."
Yes, the young man in the photo is Claude McKay. He died in Chicago USA in 1948, aged 58.
I understand there is a Cuban embargo which limits trade with the United States that has kept Cuba back economically because of their communism and political prisoners. Do you think Cuba will go good if the United States lifts the sanctions and have diplomatic relationships with them? I think kindness will follow kindness--don't you think? Am I wrong to think with my heart instead of my head?
The country at great cost provided a good education and health care for its people. It should be admired for this.
The Young Man and the Russian Communists
In this picture, he is 33 years old. A young man with dreams to change the world. He is addressing prominent communist intellectuals in the Kremlin, seat of the then Bolshevik government headed by Lenin. The year was 1922.
He was born in Jamaica and rose up to become a famous Jamaican-American poet. In the heat of the Second World War, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallied his troops by quoting this black man's poem "If We Must Die."
Yes, the young man in the photo is Claude McKay. He died in Chicago USA in 1948, aged 58.
One of our favourite elocution pieces - If we must die.
The Young Man and the Russian Communists
In this picture, he is 33 years old. A young man with dreams to change the world. He is addressing prominent communist intellectuals in the Kremlin, seat of the then Bolshevik government headed by Lenin. The year was 1922.
He was born in Jamaica and rose up to become a famous Jamaican-American poet. In the heat of the Second World War, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallied his troops by quoting this black man's poem "If We Must Die."
Yes, the young man in the photo is Claude McKay. He died in Chicago USA in 1948, aged 58.
One of our favourite elocution pieces - If we must die.
By Claude McKay
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