Which American author wrote the novel 'The Sun Also Rises'?

The American author who wrote “The Sun Also Rises” was Ernest Hemingway. Published in 1926, it was Hemingway’s first full novel and established the spare, understated style that became closely associated with his fiction.

The novel follows Jake Barnes, an American journalist living in Paris, and a circle of expatriates who travel to Spain for the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona. They watch bullfights, run with the bulls, drink, argue, and struggle with the emotional damage left by World War I. Jake’s unconsummated love for Lady Brett Ashley gives the story its central tension.

Hemingway based the book on real people and experiences from his life in Paris and on a 1925 trip to Spain. It is often discussed as a novel of the “Lost Generation,” a phrase associated with Gertrude Stein. A common mix-up is the alternate British title, “Fiesta,” which refers to the same novel rather than a separate work. Hemingway later wrote “A Farewell to Arms” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”