''The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories'' is a collection of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...

, published in 1961. All the stories were earlier published in ''

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories ''The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories'' is an anthology of writings by Ernest Hemingway published by Scribner's on October 14, 1938. It contains Hemingway's only full-length play, ''The Fifth Column'', and 49 short stories. Many of ...

'' in 1938. The collection includes the following stories: *" The Snows of Kilimanjaro" *"

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway, first published in ''Scribner's Magazine'' in 1933; it was also included in his collection '' Winner Take Nothing'' (1933). Plot synopsis Late at night, a deaf o ...

" *" A Day's Wait" *" The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" *" Fathers and Sons" *"

In Another Country "In Another Country" is a short story by American author Ernest Hemingway. It was published in Hemingway's 1927 short story collection, ''Men Without Women''. The story deals with WWI soldiers receiving treatment in Italy during the war. Summ ...

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The Killers The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). After going through a number of short-term bass players and drummers in t ...

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A Way You'll Never Be "A Way You'll Never Be" is a 1933 short story by Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner in the short story collection ''Winner Take Nothing ''Winner Take Nothing'' is a 1933 collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway' ...

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Fifty Grand "Fifty Grand" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1927, and it appeared later that year in Hemingway's short story collection '' Men Without Women''. "Fifty Grand" tells the story of Jack B ...

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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Set in Africa, it was published in the September 1936 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine concurrently with " The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The story was eventually adap ...

Film adaptations

* ''The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' (1952 film), a 1952 American film * ''The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' (2011 film), a 2011 French film * ''The Killers'' (1946 film), a 1946 American film * ''The Killers'' (1956 film), a 1956 Russian film * ''The Killers'' (1964 film), a 1964 American film *'' The Macomber Affair'', a 1947 American film 1961 short story collections Charles Scribner's Sons books Short story collections by Ernest Hemingway {{1960s-story-collection-stub