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Larry Austin of Palm Harbor, Florida wins Ernest 'Papa' Hemingway Look-Alike Contest victory
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An insurance agentbeat out122 others to win Florida's annual "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.
Larry Austin, 64, of Palm Harbor, Florida, won the contest on his 10th try on Saturday night in Key West, Florida'ssouthernmostcity.
But Austin said he hasn't gone fishing, a sport immortalized by Ernest Hemingway, since he found out that "you can't catch flounder."
Wearing olive shorts, a cap and a beige fishing shirt, Austin joked that his own writing does not go beyond forging "signatures on life insurance apps."
The look-alike contest was part of the 27th Hemingway Days festival marking the July 21 birthday of the white-bearded author, born 108 years ago in Illinois.
Hemingway, awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954, lived and worked in Key West during the 1930s.
Contestant Graham "Butch" Goodfellow, 54, of Australia said Hemingway and the Australians had some crucial things in common.
"We love to fight, we love to drink and we're big hunters," he said.
First-time contestant Phil Blumer, of Shalimar, Florida was chosen one of 25 finalists.
"They tell me no one wins unless they've entered at least five years," the veterinarian said.
In another event, Bruce Overby, 47, of Los Altos, California, won the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition with "Bookmarks," about a man's slide into alcoholism and redemption.
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佛羅里達州舉行了一年一度的海明威“老爸”（譯者注：Papa，“老爸”是西礁島人對海明威的昵稱）模仿大賽，一位保險經紀人擊敗122名選手贏得比賽冠軍。
比賽于上周六晚在佛羅里達最南端城市西礁島舉行。64歲的拉里·奧斯汀最終奪冠。奧斯汀來自佛羅里達州棕櫚港，這是他第十次參賽。
海明威一直酷愛釣魚。但奧斯汀說，自從他發現“不能捕撈比目魚”之后，就沒去釣過魚了。
奧斯汀身著橄欖綠短褲、淺褐色釣魚衫，頭戴一頂帽子。他開玩笑說，他所謂的寫作無非就是“在人壽保險申請單上簽簽字”。
留著大白胡子的文學巨匠海明威出生在伊利諾斯州，今年7月21日是他誕辰108周年的紀念日。此項大賽是紀念海明威誕辰的第27個“海明威日”系列活動的一部分。
1954年，海明威獲諾貝爾文學獎。上世紀30年代，他一直在西礁島生活和工作。
來自澳大利亞的參賽選手、54歲的“硬漢”格拉漢姆·古德費勒說，海明威和澳大利亞人有一些重要的相似之處。
他說：“我們也喜歡戰斗、喝酒和狩獵?！?/font>
來自佛羅里達州沙里瑪的首次參賽選手菲爾·布拉默入圍決賽25強。
這位獸醫說：“據他們說，至少得參賽五年才有可能奪冠?！?/font>
在另一項“洛莉安·海明威短篇小說競賽”中，來自加利福尼亞州洛斯拉圖斯47歲的布魯斯·奧弗比的作品《書簽》奪冠，這部作品主要講述的是一名男子如何淪為酒鬼及重獲新生的故事。
（英語點津姍姍編輯）
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