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Ernest Hemingway's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

1954

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Hemingway's Nobel Prize acceptance speech was read for him by United States Ambassador to Sweden, John C. Cabot, on December 10, 1954. Hemingway was unable to attend the ceremony in Sweden because of serious injuries sustained in two airplane crashes in Africa during a safari, but he did record his speech for posterity. This is Hemingway's voice, recorded in Cuba.

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