Hemingway’s 1961 Hopeful Note to Sister Immaculata During Mayo Clinic Care
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Ernest Hemingway, then battling depression and suicidal thoughts, was treated at the Mayo Clinic in 1961 and gave Sister Immaculata a copy of The Old Man and the Sea with a hopeful inscription promising he’d write another great book when his writing luck returned; that copy is now being donated to the Nobel Museum.
Days Before His Suicide, Hemingway’s Hopeful Note to Sister Immaculata The New York Times
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