Ernest Hemingway received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, making them laureate number 49 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are one of 12 laureates from United States.
Our pick for reading Ernest Hemingway for the first time is The Old Man and the Sea. It is one of the most widely read Nobel books in the world and an easy way in.
The Old Man and the Sea tells of Santiago, a Cuban fisherman who has gone 84 days without a catch, and his struggle with a giant marlin far out at sea. It runs to just over a hundred pages and won the Pulitzer before Hemingway received the Nobel. It is the best way into his direct, unadorned style.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.