Martha Gellhorn was a novelist, travel writer, journalist, and a pioneering war correspondent who covered most of the major conflicts of the 20th century. She was the third wife of author Ernest Hemingway.
Mary Welsh Hemingway was a journalist and author, and the fourth wife of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway, how I love you. How exciting you are. How a lot of things happen around you. And besides all that, I love you anyway.
How I love the way you love me. And your … flannel shirt seems a strangely beautiful thing, and it smells so good besides. Pamplona, Spain, circa Ernest Hemingway Collection.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. Pauline Pfeiffer. Blonde, witty, aristocratic and smart as a whip, Gellhorn connected easily with the famous author, discussing politics, war and her travels abroad. She befriended Pfeiffer, with the latter allowing her to spend two weeks sunning in the Hemingways' garden. By the time Gellhorn left Key West, Hemingway was mesmerized by her and eventually followed her to New York, where he called her constantly from his hotel, claiming he was "dreadfully lonely.
It was the beginning of the end of Hemingway and Pfeiffer's marriage, although it took some time before they decided to make their divorce official in Just 16 days after they parted ways, Hemingway married Gellhorn, but their union would be the shortest of all his marriages, lasting only a handful of years. One of the contributing factors that caused tension between the couple was Gellhorn's long absences as she traveled the world to cover the news.
Hemingway was apparently resentful of this, writing her in "Are you a war correspondent, or wife in my bed? To say the least, their marriage was unconventional and competitive, and for whatever his reasons, Hemingway began playing the field again. Soon, Gellhorn would find herself in the exact same position as Pfeiffer: She was now playing the role of ex-wife-to-be while Hemingway's new mistress, journalist Mary Welsh, waited in the wings.
Born in in Minnesota, Mary Welsh was a journalist on assignment in London when she met Hemingway in Unlike Gellhorn, who carried herself with sophistication and was just as or even more ambitious than Hemingway, Welsh was considered bourgeoisie and quite content with letting her lover steal the limelight. Both were married to other people when they met, and both decided to end those relationships for each other. For Hemingway, it would be his fourth time down the altar while for Welsh, her third.
In March , the two wed in Cuba, and that same year, Welsh experienced a miscarriage. The couple lived in Cuba for over a dozen years and during that time, Hemingway fell in love with a young Italian woman, which would permanently damage his and Welsh's relationship.
In , the couple moved and settled in Ketchum, Idaho. As Hemingway's mental health declined, Welsh signed the forms that allowed him to get shock treatments in They were no help. By the next summer, Hemingway committed suicide in the foyer of their home with a gunshot to the head.
Riddled with guilt over his death, Welsh drank heavily but still managed to serve as his literary executor for his posthumous works, which included A Moveable Feast and The Garden of Eden. Out of all of Hemingway's marriages, his and Welsh's union turned out to be the longest: 15 years. The Nobel Prize winner retreated to the Florida island in the s and ultimately discovered a new muse — the city itself. The author, who committed suicide at the age of 61, often struggled — like several other members of his family.
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