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Associated Press

About 160 stocky, white-bearded men resembling Ernest Hemingway have gathered in Florida to compete in the island city’s annual Hemingway Lookalike Contest.
The competition began Thursday evening at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, frequented by Hemingway when he lived in Key West during the 1930s.
Judged by former winners, the three-night contest is a highlight of the Hemingway Days festival honouring the late author’s literary prowess and colourful lifestyle.
Many competitors wear sportsman’s garb associated with Hemingway.

Entrants include repeat contender Michael Groover of Savannah, Georgia, husband of celebrity chef Paula Deen. Deen cheered from the audience as her husband made the semi-final round set for Saturday evening.
The second preliminary round is scheduled for Friday evening. The 2017 lookalike winner will be chosen on Saturday night. The festival continues through until Sunday.



Hemingway lookalikes gather for annual contest at one of author’s favourite bars

Hemingway Lookalike Contest semi-finalists acknowledge the audience at Sloppy Joe's Bar. Photo: Reuters

Wally Collins (R), and other past winners of the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest closely examine entrants in the 2017 contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida, U.S. on July 20, 2017. Author Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West in the 1930s and July 21 marks Hemingway's 118th birthday anniversary. Picture taken on July 20, 2017. Courtesy Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

Jerry Jerele (L), is congratulated by other Hemingway Look-Alike contestants after they were chosen to be semi-finalists at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida, U.S. on July 20, 2017. Author Ernest Hemingway lived in Key West in the 1930s and July 21 marks Hemingway's 118th birthday anniversary. Picture taken on July 20, 2017. Courtesy Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

In love and war: a Hong Kong honeymoon for Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn

Hemingway at the Repulse Bay Hotel. 

A South China Morning Post report on the arrival of Hemingway and his wife, Martha Gellhorn, in Hong Kong, in 1941. 

Hemingway and his wife, Martha Gellhorn, are pictured in Hong Kong in a South China Morning Post report dated February 25, 1941.

Hemingway with a chauffer in Hong Kong.

Hemingway with Madame Chiang (left) and Gellhorn.

Hemingway and a British Army officer eat local in Hong Kong.

The couple with officers in Chungking.

Ernest Hemingway with Brigadier J.T.W. Reeve, commanderin- chief of the Hong Kong Infantry. Photos: Corbis; John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

SCMP coverage of Hemingway and Gellhorn’s Hong Kong and China visit.

Ernest Hemingway’s 1955 letter to Marlene Dietrich up for auction

Lifelong friends, but never lovers, Ernest Hemingway and Marlene Dietrich in 1938. Photos: SCMP Pictures

The 1955 letter from Ernest Hemingway to Marlene Dietrich.

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