Witness History: Witness Archive 2016 - Ernest Hemingway in Cuba

For more than twenty years, the Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway had a house in Cuba. Movie stars, such as Gary Cooper and Ava Gardner, were regular guests at Finca Vigia, his large country-house overlooking Havana. As a young boy, Alberto Ramos worked for Hemingway at the Finca, and later became his cook. He speaks to Witness about his memories of the hard-drinking author.

Photo: Hemingway at work in Finca Vigia (Villareal Family Collection)

Published on Wednesday, 4th May 2016.

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