Annie Dillard vs. Ernest Hemingway
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Annie Dillard
1945 – 2026
Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and nonfiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
Ernest Hemingway
1899 – 1961
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature, and he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.
"The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too."
Connections
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