The Old Man and the Sea

Written in 1951 in Cuba and published in 1952, American author Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 for this work. In the book, the main character is an old, experienced fisherman named Santiago. After eighty-four days without catching any fish, he snags a huge marlin. Using all his strength to kill the marlin, fate once again makes Santiago an unlucky fisherman.