Hemingway

Documentary2021TV-143 episodes1 seasonMiniseries

Tagline: The man. The myth. The writer revealed.

First aired: 2021-04-05

Synopsis

The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Interweaving his eventful biography with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and non-fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.

Casting

  • Peter Coyote
    Narrator (voice)
  • Jeff Daniels
    Ernest Hemingway (voice)
  • Ernest Hemingway
    Himself (archive footage)
  • Edna O'Brien
    Herself – Writer
  • Mario Vargas Llosa
    Himself – Writer
  • Tobias Wolff
    Himself – Writer
  • Susan Beegel
    Herself – Literary Scholar
  • Abraham Verghese
    Himself – Writer
  • Mary Dearborn
    Herself – Biographer
  • Mary Karr
    Herself – Writer