Are You Hemingway Or Are You Faulkner?

The Little-Known Rivalry Between 2 Of America’s Most Famous Writers

If you thought the 2pac vs Biggie feud in the 90s was competitive…

Let me tell you the story of Ernest Hemingway versus William Faulkner.

Hemingway grew up in the Midwest, and shortly after high school entered WW1.

This inspired his 1st novel, A Farewell to Arms (1929).

Faulkner meanwhile grew up in Mississippi in an educated household.

His mother (and Grandma) were painters & photographers, and are credited with informing Faulkner’s later visual-heavy writing style.

He did not enter the war, and instead attended the University of Mississippi.

Both Hemingway & Faulkner produced their most prodigious work between 1925 and 1960.