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Ernest Hemingway in Cuba

Alberto Ramos remembers his time working for the great American novelist Ernest Hemingway, who had a home in Cuba for more than twenty years.

For more than twenty years, the Nobel prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway had a house in Cuba. Movie stars, such as Gary Cooper and Ava Gardner, were regular guests at Finca Vigia, his large country-house overlooking Havana. As a young boy, Alberto Ramos worked for Hemingway at the Finca, and later became his cook. He speaks to Witness about his memories of the hard-drinking author.

Photo: Hemingway at work in Finca Vigia (Villareal Family Collection)

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