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Chapter 1: Hemingway & Fitzgerald in Paris |
..jpg) Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) 1921 Passport Photo |
.jpg) Les Deux Margots Paris Café frequented by writers |
.jpg) F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Photo in 1921 |
.jpg) Hemingway in Paris by Paul Brody (2014)
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"Don't turn back!— the most evil man in the world Aleister Crowley has just sat in the table behind you. One zap from his eyes, and your novel will never see the light of day." The nervous Hemingway squirmed in his chair "But what about you— aren't you worried?" F. Scott Fitzgerald said "My three novels are already published— This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and Damned (1922), and The Great Gatsby (1925). Still, I'm avoiding his gaze, covering my face with this menu. On the other hand, you're still a journalist with the Toronto Star, and your career has not blossomed yet. So you need to be extra careful." This was a conversation between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway outside Dingo Bar, Paris in May 1925 when the two writers met at rue Delambre in the Montparnasse Quarter. Dingo Bar opened its doors in 1923. It was one of the few drinking establishments at the time that was open all night. It became the favorite haunt of the many English-speaking artists and writers who gathered in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. As recorded by Ernest Hemingway in his book A Moveable Feast (1963), he first met F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Dingo Bar in late April 1925, two weeks after the publication of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Others who frequented the Dingo Bar included Pablo Picasso, Aleister Crowley, Nancy Cunard and Isadora Duncan would come over from her apartment across the street. It is not clear whether Aleister Crowley appeared at the Dingo Bar or at Les Deux Margots Café on Saint-Germain des Prés where Hemingway & Fitzgerald was drinking that day. After writing 88 stories in 20 months for the Toronto Star in Paris, Hemingway's first novel The Sun Also Rises would be published in 1926 by Scribners. However, Hemingway's curiosity on Crowley had perked— Who is this most evil man in the world? Hemingway went to Shakespeare & Company to meet with William Butler Yeats who was a member of the esoteric society Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn where Aleister Crowley was a prominent member. |
.jpg) This Side of Paradise Fitzgerald's 1st novel (1920)
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