Ernest and Norman

A Dialogue in Two Acts

Authors

  • Robert J. Begiebing Southern NH University Author

Keywords:

Ernest Hemingway, literary dialogue, postwar American literature, authorial rivalry and influence, masculinity and artistic identity, politics and the writer

Abstract

A two-act play depicting an imaginary meeting between Ernest Hemingway and Norman Mailer.

Author Biography

  • Robert J. Begiebing, Southern NH University

    Robert J. Begiebing is the author of over thirty articles and stories and six books. He directs the Low-Residency MFA at Southern NH University, where he has won three awards for excellence in teaching. His books include two on Norman Mailer and a trilogy of novels. His novel Rebecca Wentworth’s Distraction won the Langum Prize for historical fiction in 2003. His fiction writing has been supported by grants from the Lila-Wallace Foundation and the New Hampshire Council for the Arts.

Published

2026-03-25