- Hadley Richardson
Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (1891-1979) was born in St. Louis,
Missouri , on November 9, 1891. On September 3, 1921, she marriedErnest Hemingway and soon after that they moved toParis ,France . In the fall of 1923, as Hadley approached the term of her pregnancy, they returned westward so that their child could be born in theUnited States . On October 10, 1923, Hadley gave birth to their son,John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway , nicknamed "Bumby". Later called "Jack," Hadley's son married and had three daughters, including Margaux and Mariel, both actresses.In January 1924 the Hemingway family returned to Paris. Hadley and Hemingway had many adventures together as members of "The Lost Generation," as
Gertrude Stein called the expatriates living in Paris. Hemingway recounted these days in his non-fiction book,A Moveable Feast . It covered the years 1921-1926 and it recounts the days of the "struggling artist", Hemingway, and wife Hadley, and their adventures in the sidewalk cafe society of Paris; and their trips to Switzerland, Austria, and Spain.In the spring of 1925, the Hemingways met
Pauline Pfeiffer in Paris, an Americanexpatriate . After Hadley discovered that her husband and Pfeiffer were having an affair, the Hemingway marriage fell apart and the Hemingways divorced in January 1927.Among many of Hadley’s friends in Paris was
Paul Mowrer . A distinguished American poet, journalist and political writer, and the first-ever recipient of aPulitzer Prize awarded for foreign correspondence, Hadley had known him since the spring of 1927. On July 3, 1933, Hadley and Paul Mowrer were married in London, where Mowrer was at the time covering the World Economic Conference. Later that year the Mowrers permanently returned to the United States. Hadley Mowrer remained on friendly terms with her first husband, Ernest Hemingway, until Hemingway's death.References
*Alice Hunt Sokoloff: "Hadley - The First Mrs. Hemingway", New York (1973)
*Carlos Baker: "Ernest Hemingway - A Life Story", London (1969)
*Bernice Kert: "The Hemingway Women" , New York (1983)External links
* [http://www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure/paris.html Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Paris, Hadley (PBS)]
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