Preparation for publication of Volumes 5, 6, and 7 of a scholarly edition of 6,000 surviving letters of American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). (36 months)

The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, being published by Cambridge University Press, is a comprehensive scholarly edition of the some 6,000 surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)--about 85% previously unpublished--in a projected 17 volumes. A 1954 Nobel Laureate, Hemingway made a profound impact on modern prose and still commands enormous popular as well as scholarly interest worldwide. The letters not only provide important new biographical information and insights into the artistic achievement of this most influential American writer, they constitute a running eyewitness history of much of the 20th century. Volumes 1-4 (spanning 1907-1931) were published between 2011 and 2017. We are requesting three-year funding (October 2018-September 2021) to complete and see into print volume 5, to submit and see through pre-production volume 6 (for publication November 2021), and to begin textual and annotation work on volume 7, encompassing Hemingway's letters from 1932 through May 1941.

Publication of volumes 1 and 2 of a 12-volume scholarly edition of Hemingway's letters and editorial work on volume 3. (36 months)

This project, launched in 2002, aims to publish a comprehensive scholarly edition of the estimated 7,000-8,000 letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), fewer than ten percent of them ever published. Hemingway's pioneering contributions to twentieth-century American literature made a profound and lasting impact on modern English-language prose style, and to this day, his life and work command enormous popular as well as scholarly interest worldwide. The letters represent the last frontier of Hemingway studies. In addition to providing new biographical and artistic insights into the achievement of this most influential American writer, the letters constitute a running eyewitness account and cultural history of much of the twentieth century. The edition, accepted for publication by the Cambridge University Press, will be published in twelve volumes over the next fourteen years. We are requesting NEH support over a three-year period to complete the first two volumes and begin work on the third.

The preparation for print publication of volumes 2-4 of a projected 16-volume edition of American author Ernest Hemingway's complete letters. (36 months)

This project will result in the publication by Cambridge University Press of a comprehensive scholarly edition of the some 6,000 surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), about 85% previously unpublished. Winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, Hemingway made a profound impact on modern prose. His life and work still command enormous popular as well as scholarly interest worldwide. Besides providing new biographical and artistic insights into the achievement of this most influential American writer, the letters constitute a running eyewitness account and cultural history of much of the twentieth century. The Cambridge Edition of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway will be published in 16 volumes over approximately the next twenty years. Volume 1 (1907-1922) was published in September 2011. The Project is requesting 3-year funding (October 2012-September 2015) to complete and publish volumes 2, 3, and 4, encompassing Hemingway's letters from 1923 through 1932.