The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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short story

"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of regret, mortality, and the wasted potential of a writer facing death during an African safari.

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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film) 2
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories 2
Hemingway’s African safari narrative 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
adaptedAs The Snows of Kilimanjaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
author Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Henry King ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Ava Gardner ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ
Susan Hayward ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1952 ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1936 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Esquire magazine ⓘ
surface form: Esquire
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasConflict man vs nature ⓘ
man vs self ⓘ
hasMottoOrEpigraph description of Kilimanjaro and the frozen leopard ⓘ
hasSymbol Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
gangrene ⓘ
leopard on Kilimanjaro ⓘ
hasTone reflective ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
includedInCollection The Snows of Kilimanjaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Harry ⓘ
Helen ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
notableFor exploration of a writer’s artistic conscience ⓘ
use of Hemingway’s iceberg theory ⓘ
primaryTheme artistic failure ⓘ
death ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
regret ⓘ
wasted potential ⓘ
protagonistCondition dying of gangrene ⓘ
protagonistOccupation writer ⓘ
publisher Esquire magazine ⓘ
setIn Africa ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
foot of Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
structureFeature shifts between present and flashbacks ⓘ
use of interior monologue ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting interwar period ⓘ
titleRefersTo snow-covered summit of Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ

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Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum → associatedWith → The Snows of Kilimanjaro ⓘ
The Snows of Kilimanjaro → includedInCollection → The Snows of Kilimanjaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro → adaptedAs → The Snows of Kilimanjaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
Henry King → notableWork → The Snows of Kilimanjaro ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
Ernest Hemingway bibliography → includesWork → The Snows of Kilimanjaro ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Pop → partOf → The Snows of Kilimanjaro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hemingway’s African safari narrative