Multiple choice Old man and the sea Homer Jayasi Ernest Hermingway P. B. Shelley Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself C Correct answer Explanation Ernest Hemingway wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" (1952), one of his most famous works. This novella about an aging Cuban fisherman's struggle with a marlin won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and contributed to his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.