Help us protect the home of one of America’s greatest writers.
Dear Friends,
In early April, Executive Director Stephanie Bond and Senior Advisor Mary-Jo Adams traveled to Cuba to visit Finca Vigía, Ernest Hemingway’s beloved Cuban home. Despite ongoing nationwide power outages, we are happy to report that the onsite Restoration Center remains in remarkably excellent condition.
Because of your support in building this state-of-the-art archival storage vault and conservation laboratory, Ernest Hemingway’s most precious documents continue to be safely preserved.
We are deeply grateful for your generosity.
Though the materials housed in the archival vault are safe and secure, the historic house continues to suffer. The damaging effects of humidity, termites, hurricanes, and intense tropical sunlight have put the house and collections within at risk.
To help mitigate this problem, our Foundation will soon export six historically accurate, hurricane and termite-resistant windows to replace the most severely deteriorated units. Our team of US-based experts is ready to travel to Havana for the installation.
We need your help to complete this phase of the project. Your tax-deductible contribution will make it possible.
Thank you!
Celebrating 100 Years of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
October 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. First published in October 1926, the novel quickly became one of Hemingway’s defining works.
Hemingway’s novel introduced readers to Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley, and the expatriate world of 1920s Paris and Spain, capturing the experiences of a generation shaped by the First World War. The novel established the spare, distinctive style that would become Hemingway’s hallmark. A century later, its characters, settings, and themes continue to hold a lasting place in American literature.
Connections to Paris and Spain can still be found among the objects preserved at Finca Vigía. This colorful souvenir plate, depicting a Parisian street scene, acquired by Hemingway during his travels, remains in the Finca Vigía collection today.
With its references to Rue Royale, cafés, shops, and the lively streets of Paris, it offers a small but evocative glimpse into the world Hemingway brought to life in his writing.
While The Sun Also Rises remains an enduring part of Hemingway’s literary legacy, objects like this plate offer a tangible connection to the history surrounding his life and work.
OUR MISSION
From the Executive Director
Foundation News
Hemingway’s Finca Vigía: Preserving American Cultural Heritage
From an essay by Dr. Sandra Spanier
Finca Vigía is the fitting home of the treasure trove of papers and books, some still in need of being restored, preserved, and scanned. But the importance of Finca Vigía extends far beyond serving as the natural repository for the Hemingway papers and books. The house itself tells the story of Hemingway’s life and work. Not only did he write IN the house, he even wrote ON its very walls: to this day, one can read on the bathroom walls Hemingway’s penciled daily records of his weight, along with some pithy notations about what he ate or drank.