ERNEST HEMINGWAY  —  1933

AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS LITERARY PRIME

 ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIVING BACK A MANUSCRIPT FROM THE SOON TO BE PUBLISHED PREMIER EDITION OF ESQUIRE MAGAZINE – TO WHICH HE CONTRIBUTED AN ARTICLE ENTITLED:  “MARLIN OFF THE MORRO –  A CUBAN LETTER”.

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. (1899-1961)  American Nobel Prize winning author and journalist; published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works.   Official “Post Office Department / Registered Article” postcard, Signed “E. Hemingway” acknowledging that he has “Received from the Postmaster the Registered or Insured Article, the original number of which appears on the face of this Card”.  Stamped date of “JUL[y] 31, 1933”, below Hemingway’s signature. 

In the spring of 1933, Arnold Gingrich, worked to establish a new men’s magazine to be called “Esquire”.  Gingrich after meeting Hemingway in a bookstore wrote to him and outlined his plans for the new magazine.  Surprisingly, Hemingway agreed to write for the new publication, and he contributed an article entitled: “Marlin off the Morro –  a Cuban Letter”, which appeared  in the first issue that appeared September 1, 1933.  It is more than probably that this receipt reflects either receipt for the manuscript’s return or payment for same.  Simply a choice, vintage Hemingway item!

 

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