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Hemingway traveled to Spain because he loved the culture and liked the language very much.
A year after the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Hemingway left for Spain to cover the conflict for the American Newspaper Alliance. During his coverage of the war, he traveled with a fellow reporter named Martha Gellhorn.
Hemingway spent a great deal of time in Pamplona watching bullfights, and learning about the contests. He became a fanatic of the sport, and followed the matches closely
While Hemingway’s war reporting in Spain, along with rumors of his involvement in the Republican cause garnered him much fame, Hemingway’s link to Spain is probably best remembered as one of bullfights and matadors.
Hemingway visited Spain often and attended bullfights throughout his life. His last trip to the country in 1959 to watch the contests between two famous matadors lead to the Life magazine story The Dangerous Summer.
Hemingway was very creative, but what exactly did he go to spain for?
Reporting on the war and traveling through Spain during such a time of upheaval formed the basis of inspiration for Hemingway’s highly regarded work, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" As well as his one and only full length play, "The Fifth Column."
Ernest Hemingway, Spain 1918
The 1938 play "The Fifth Column," and the 1940 novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Fiercely supporting the Loyalist because, he overcame his fear of public speaking to deliver an anti-Franco speech at the Second American Writers' Congress.
Ernest And Martha