Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway was born exactly 116 years ago on Tuesday. The author known for his terse, matter-of-fact prose was born July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois.

Hemingway -- who served as a volunteer ambulance driver for Italy on the front lines of World War I -- began his career as a journalist and eventually ventured into fiction, often addressing war in his writing. Hemingway also often wrote detailed descriptions of hunting, bull-fighting, fishing and eating/drinking. 

He wrote the classic novels "The Sun Also Rises," "A Farewell to Arms" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and later wrote the popular short story, "The Old Man and the Sea." Along with his successful novels, Hemingway also wrote a number of short stories that were well-received, such as "Hills Like White Elephants," "A Clean Well-Lighted Place," and a series about a character named Nick Adams. 

Hemingway, also known for his hard-drinking and bullish nature, was an adventurer who traveled about the world. He suffered in his later years from a number of injuries and mental health struggles. Hemingway took his own life in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961. 

His writing has remained popular, punctuated by simple sentences and a direct style often referenced and imitated. His story structure, in which he often added to the story through the omission of key details, has been praised, as well. Below are pictures of the writer and quotes from Hemingway on the anniversary of his birthday. The quotes, which were either spoken or written, were compiled from Brainy Quote and Goodreads.

RTXJ2TP Ernest Hemingway posed with fish that he caught in Wallon Lake in Michigan, 1916. Photo: Reuters

1. "Courage is grace under pressure."


3. "There is no friend as loyal as a book."




7. "Courage is grace under pressure."



10. "Never confuse movement with action."


12. “There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.”

13. "Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."

14. "But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."