Authors on Writing

A Moveable Feast

Adam Gopnik; Ernest Hemingway; Sean Hemingway; Diane Johnson

About the Program

Sean Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's grandson, presents the newest edition A Moveable Feast, his grandfather's recollections of his time spent in Paris as an ex-pat.  Sean Hemingway is joined by Adam Gopnik of the New Yorker, and author Diane Johnson.  The panel is moderated by Scott Simon, host of NPR's Saturday Weekend Edition at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

About the Authors

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was the author of numerous books, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea, which was the recipient of 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.  He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.  Ernest Hemingway died July 2, 1961. 


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Sean Hemingway

Sean Hemingway is the editor of Hemingway on War and Hemingway on Hunting.  He is the grandson of Ernest Hemingway.

Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik is the author of "Through the Children's Gate" and "Paris to the Moon." He has been a writer for The New Yorker for the past twenty years, where he has been a three-time recipient of the National Magazine Award for Essays and for Criticism.

Diane Johnson

Diane Johnson is the author of several books, including L'Affaire and Persian Nights.  She is a three-time National Book Award finalist.

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