“Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.”

Meaning

This reads as a comment on public presence, not only on writing. It suggests that Hemingway helped make the writer look like a visible, socially acceptable figure, even a tough one, and that his image changed how the public imagined literary life. It lands when a creative person becomes a celebrity and the profession starts to carry a persona as much as a craft.

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Originally said in English.

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