US congressman celebrates Hemingway legacy in Cuba
US congressman celebrates Hemingway legacy in Cuba
By PETER ORSI, Associated Press | March 17, 2014 | Updated: March 17, 2014 1:37pm
SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba (AP) — U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern visited Ernest Hemingway's former home outside the Cuban capital on Monday to celebrate a joint U.S.-Cuban effort to preserve and digitize the Nobel Prize-winning author's personal effects and writings.
Island curators gave the Massachusetts Democrat and a visiting U.S. delegation a rare guided tour inside the modest but graceful Finca Vigia, a hilltop estate that is surrounded by lush tropical fruit trees and boasts panoramic views of the Havana skyline.
Both the United States and Cuba, where Hemingway lived from 1939 to 1960 and wrote much of "The Old Man and the Sea" and other works, claim the man known affectionately as "Papa" as a favorite son. McGovern said that kind of common ground can help bridge the often-bitter divide between Cold War foes Havana and Washington.
"Hemingway has always brought people together," McGovern said. "He transcends politics, and one of the points that I want to make today is that if Cubans and Americans can come together in a constructive way and do this, to help preserve a house and all its contents, then there's no limit to what we can do if we work together."
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