Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter returns to author's Cuban home to mark 50th anniversary of his suicide

with a very smiling face for such a tragic anniversary
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By Louise Boyle

He was perhaps Cuba's most famous American resident and the preservation of Ernest Hemingway's home lead to a rare collaboration between the U.S. and its communist neighbour.

The author lived in Cuba between 1939 and 1960, writing The Old Man And The Sea at his home Finca Vigia for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1954. He donated the award to the people of Cuba in gratitude.

His granddaughter, actress and author Mariel Hemingway, 50, returned to his Cuban home last month after a restoration project which took two years.

Step back in time: Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter, actress and author Mariel Hemingway, tours her grandfather's property with Msnbc reporter Natalie Morales

Following in his footsteps: Mariel Hemingway returns to the Bodeguita del Medio, one of her grandfather's favourite haunts

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