[Capture] Hemingway, who suffered a boxing KO defeat, mocked his best friend with a three-page novel?

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), famous for his novel 'The Old Man and the Sea', published a short story unpublished in his lifetime.

On the 21st local time, the New York Times (NYT) reported that Pennsylvania State University discovered four short stories and personal notes while sorting out the data left by Hemingway recently.

Of these, the most interesting one is the untitled three-page short story.

The protagonist of the novel is a rookie boxer who struggles to the point of breaking his nose and black bruises around his eyes in the match, but he wins in the end.

From the content alone, it seems to depict the life of the main character as a boxer, but scholars paid attention to the main character's name.

The main character's name was taken from F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of 'The Great Gatsby'.

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Hemingway and Fitzgerald, the writers who represent the 'lost generation', were close yet loving-hate.

Hemingway, who was experiencing financial hardship during an unknown period, first met the popular writer Fitzgerald at the Dingo Bar in Paris, France in 1925.

Recognizing Hemingway's talent, Fitzgerald acted as a supporter, including introducing Hemingway to an editor, but their relationship deteriorated due to various circumstances.

Hemingway, in particular, has a boxing relationship with Fitzgerald.

In 1929, Hemingway was knocked out during a boxing dominance match against Canadian novelist Molly Callaghan, exhausted in extra time.

It was Fitzgerald, who was watching the game, who gave him one minute of extra time at the time.

Hemingway, so proud of his knockout loss, blamed Fitzgerald for his defeat.

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Hemingway expert Kirk Kunnert, Troy University professor, said of the short story, "Hemingway seems to be mocking Fitzgerald's lack of physical ability." will," he analyzed.

Along with this short story, a novel satirizing President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies, and a three-page memo reflecting Hemingway's death and suicide in 1926, 35 years before he ended his life with extreme choices, were also released. .

This material, organized by Pennsylvania State University, was found in a box that Hemingway had left at Sloppy Joe, a regular bar in Key West, Florida, where Hemingway loved while he was alive.

After Hemingway's death, the box passed through his family to his entourage, Toby Bruce, but was kept in storage for decades, and the Pennsylvania State University purchased the material from his family late last year.

(Photo = New York Times website capture)