<P> Written in 1951 , and published in 1952 , The Old Man and the Sea is Hemingway 's final full - length work published during his lifetime . The book , dedicated to `` Charlie Scribner '' and to Hemingway 's literary editor `` Max Perkins '' , was featured in Life magazine on September 1 , 1952 , and five million copies of the magazine were sold in two days . </P>
<P> Written in 1951 , and published in 1952 , The Old Man and the Sea is Hemingway 's final full - length work published during his lifetime . The book , dedicated to `` Charlie Scribner '' and to Hemingway 's literary editor `` Max Perkins '' , was featured in Life magazine on September 1 , 1952 , and five million copies of the magazine were sold in two days . </P>
where was the old man and the sea published
where was the old man and the sea published
Life magazine
Life magazine