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The mountain is prominently featured in [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s 1936 short story ''[[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (short story)|The Snows of Kilimanjaro]]''. The short story was adapted into a [[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)|1952 film]] starring [[Gregory Peck]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|date=19 September 1952|title=The Screen in Review; 'Snow of Kiliminjaro,' Based on Hemingway's Story, Is New Feature at Rivoli|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/19/archives/the-screen-in-review-snow-of-kiliminjaro-based-on-hemingways-story.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> |
Journalist [[Tom Bissell]] noted that Kilimanjaro is "perhaps the world’s most literary mountain".<ref name="bissell">{{cite news|last=Bissell|first=Tom|date=28 October 2007|title=Up the Mountain Slowly, Very Slowly|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/sports/playmagazine/28kilimanjaro.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> The mountain is prominently featured in [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s 1936 short story ''[[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (short story)|The Snows of Kilimanjaro]]''. The short story was adapted into a [[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)|1952 film]] starring [[Gregory Peck]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|date=19 September 1952|title=The Screen in Review; 'Snow of Kiliminjaro,' Based on Hemingway's Story, Is New Feature at Rivoli|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/19/archives/the-screen-in-review-snow-of-kiliminjaro-based-on-hemingways-story.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> [[Dave Eggers]] wrote accounted his ascent in the short story ''Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly''. Writer [[Douglas Adams]] climbed the mountain in a rubber rhinoceros suit.<ref name="bissell"/> |
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Revision as of 12:39, 25 June 2024
In literature and film
Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngaje Ngai', the House of God. Close to the western summit there is a dried and frozen carcas of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude.
— Ernest Hemingway in his 1936 short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Journalist Tom Bissell noted that Kilimanjaro is "perhaps the world’s most literary mountain".[1] The mountain is prominently featured in Ernest Hemingway's 1936 short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro. The short story was adapted into a 1952 film starring Gregory Peck.[2] Dave Eggers wrote accounted his ascent in the short story Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly. Writer Douglas Adams climbed the mountain in a rubber rhinoceros suit.[1]
- ^ a b Bissell, Tom (28 October 2007). "Up the Mountain Slowly, Very Slowly". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (19 September 1952). "The Screen in Review; 'Snow of Kiliminjaro,' Based on Hemingway's Story, Is New Feature at Rivoli". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2024.