- Leicester Hemingway
Leicester C. Hemingway (born
April 1 ,1915 inOak Park ,Illinois - diedSeptember 13 ,1982 ), was an Americanwriter . He was the younger brother of the legendary writer,Ernest Hemingway , and authored six books, including a first novel entitled "The Sound of the Trumpet" (1953), which was based on Leicester's experiences inFrance andGermany duringWorld War II . In 1961, Leicester published "My Brother, Ernest Hemingway", a biography of his brother. The work was very well received, and brought Leicester both recognition as a writer in his own right and significant financial rewards. With the capital from the work, Hemingway created themicronation of New Atlantis on a raft in the Caribbean, intended to serve as a marine research headquarters. The project was cut short when New Atlantis was destroyed in a hurricane after only a few years.Leicester Hemingway committed
suicide in 1982 after several years of suffering from Type II diabetes, which necessitated numerous operations.ources
* [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/hemingway.leicester.html Leicester Hemingway, 1915-1982; New Atlantis Collection, 1964-66] Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
* Samuel Pyeatt Menefee, "Republics of the Reefs": Nation-Building on the Continental Shelf and in the World's Oceans, "California Western Journal of International Law", vol. 25, no. 1, Fall, 1994, pp. 104-05.
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