The fact that Ernest Hemingway died on the 4th of July weekend (generally a quiet time for news) contributed to the amount and prominence of press coverage his death received in the United States. In France, there was no similar "news hole" for that period: in July 1961, the press was much concerned with the crisis in Algeria confronting President Charles de Gaulle. Nevertheless, for an entire week the French press gave prominent attention to events in Ketchum, Idaho, and reflected on the importance of Hemingway to contemporary literature. Leading literary figures evaluated Hemingway's writing, and the great majority of them were passionately affirmative. A survey of twelve Parisian newspapers (daily and weekly) reflects the range and the intensity of French feeling about the writer.
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