address outlining the marshall plan and from that literary presentation was an unpublished work by ernest hemingway but eventually it became islands in the stream select view after the evening was over were invited up to the private residence there were some interesting insights into the evening to recount when a socialite tuesday the president would like you to come up to the residence, he said i'll do it but ask my wife. [laughter] so it turned out they had a great evening and made plans to go sailing with kennedy. robert frost was there it was a group of people so i would be glad to talk about who was there in the interactionic but really the back stories it is the source for numerous books to say that no dinner had ever been held like this previously and nonsense. this could be argued the biggest dinner of the century and also far the greatest party of all time fascinating story and also said something about the role of the white house to have a message rest today. so john kennedy and this is -- instance with reconciliationig to highlight america's greatest thinkers and intellectuals not only t

years ago over the past century that the war has been given to people as diverse as thomas mann ernest hemingway and winston churchill for their contributions to world literature but it's more than just a celebration of the world's literary canon the noble prize has often helped more obscure authors find wide readership. and the swedish academy that oversees the prize has been accused of taking political positions as well. like with their selection of said london alexi of each the belorussian journalist is a prominent critic of russian president vladimir putin and was selected for a nonfiction works dealing with the collapse of the soviet union. the decision to award the prize to bob dylan in two thousand and sixteen for his lyrical work caused controversy especially when the american singer songwriter seemed to ignore it for weeks afterward when academy remember reportedly called him rude and arrogant while the nobel prize for literature has had its detractors throughout its history it still remains the most visible and rolled include every prize in the world. and we have karen hopes that from

we have 90% of ernest hemingway's papers at the library. we had a whole series of forums -- stephen kennedy smith, president kennedy's nephew. he and doug brinkley compiled a fantastic book of speeches from president kennedy and commentaries and they came and talked about that. and of a few weeks later, the former head of the united nations, ban ki-moon came to talk about what is going on around the world and president kennedy's legacy at the u.n. where he signed the first nuclear disarmament agreement. when president kennedy came in, we had 30,000 nuclear missiles. when the current president came in, we had 7000. we had over half a million people join us electronically. in the future, you are welcome to join us from the home or anywhere else when we show these online. as i said earlier, the key thing to the centennial is partnerships. these are a few of the photos from the dozens and dozens and dozens of partnerships. this is caroline talking at the kennedy school of government with professor burns and others during an important symposium

it has been given to people as diverse as ernest hemingway, winston churchill for their contributionsworld literature, but it is more than a celebration of the world's literary canon. it is often helping of some -- helping some obscure writers find readership. and the academy has been accused of taking political positions as well like with their selection of this person, the fellow russian journalist a prominent critic of vladimir putin. [indiscernible] the decision to award the prize to bob dylan and 2016 for his lyrical work caused controversy especially when the american singer-songwriter seemed to ignore it for weeks afterward. one called him rude and arrogant . the nobel prize for literature has had his tractors, but it still remains the most visible prize in the world. phil: how does the academy not do about -- now go about restoring its reputation? >> restoring its statutes, and they will do this. the academy has 18 members normally, and with all these people setting -- stepping down, these members are appointed for life. so they are now working with only 10, and they need 12 t

one particular guest used to eat here quite regularly and that is the american writer ernest hemingway in fact he liked this restaurant so much that he wrote about it in this book the sun also rises and also one of the other books death in the afternoon and tony what do you know about hemingway's time here he was ready for me to be or to roast beef rolled up home heating bill to even if you tried to buy one was. no good results then my grandfather told him i still use keep on bright you could buy you know myself. i have to read this famous passage from the second to last page of hemingway's book because he mentions exactly this dish he says we lunched upstairs. is one of the best restaurants in the world we had roast young suckling pig and we drink we go outta so in the spirit i guess it's time to raise our glasses and say salute and to the next few hundred years of business. so if you think about the saxophone you think about just music right in the eighty's most of the songs that accompanied by the instrument and today's music it's not used that often but now it's a lender's young la

one particular guest used to eat here quite regularly and that is the american writer ernest hemingway in fact he like this restaurant so much that he wrote about it in this book the sun also rises and also one of the other books death in the afternoon and tony what do you know about hemingway's time here very familiar to us could fold up home here even if you tried to buy one was. no good results then my grandfather told him and i still keep on writing i mean we could do that by myself. well i have to read this famous passage from the second to last page of hemingway's book because he mentions exactly this dish she says we lunched upstairs at both teams is one of the best restaurants in the world we had roast young suckling pig and we drink or johan outta so in the spirit i guess it's time to raise our glasses and say salute and to the next few hundred years of business at. some of the. salutes and if you want to find out more about good food and other topics from around europe just go to a website at the w dot com slash live style or join us on facebook c.e.o. next time on to buy. or

ernest hemingway. and winston churchill for their contributions to world literature. but it's more than just a celebration of the world's literary canon the nobel prizes often help more obscure authors find a wider readership. and this region cademy that overseas the prize has also been accused of taking political positions as well like with the selection of the average russian journalist is a prominent critic of russian president vladimir putin and was selected for nonfiction works during the collapse of the soviet union. the decision to award the prize to bob dylan in twenty sixteen pours lyrical work caused controversy especially when the american singer songwriter seemed to ignore it for weeks afterward one member of the academy reportedly called him rude and arrogant while the nobel prize for literature has had its detractors throughout its history it's still remains the most visible and relevant literary prize in the world. how does the economy now go about restoring its reputation well it can start by changing its rules and statutes and. has actually suggested

ernest hemingway. and winston churchill for their contributions to world literature but it's more than just a celebration of the world's literary canon the nobel prizes often help more obscure authors who find wider readership. and this age academy that oversees the prize has also been accused of taking political positions as well like with a selection of the of each the belorussian journalist is a prominent critic of russian president vladimir putin and was selected for nonfiction works dealing with the collapse of the soviet union. the decision to award the prize to bob dylan and twenty sixteen for his lyrical work caused controversy especially when the american singer songwriter seemed to ignore it for weeks afterward one member of the academy reportedly called him rude and arrogant while the nobel prize for literature has had its detractors throughout its history it still remains the most visible and relevant literary prize in the world. how does the academy now go about restoring its reputation we

but also people like ernest hemingway and f. scott fitzgerald she must one of the finest collections of the last century including works by. tuesday will take the list goes on and her heirs wanted it all to go to museum but david rockefeller realized that this collection was beyond any museums means and so he put together a syndicate of really deep pocketed collectors and they managed to buy up a group of art works which they agreed to donate but they all got their pick of one and they drew straws and david rockefeller got a surprise so he was extremely lucky and chose the book from. you know fire that was just goes to show you where there's a will there's a way everybody was approaching the end of everything short of sales so who bought the ones that were up for auction last ok well we don't know that just yet because a lot of these buyers as you can see there in the auction scenes are calling in on the television from quite far away many of them from some of the paintings actually did go to you two institutions which i think w

. >> ernest hemingway? >> yes. let me pass on that for the moment. >> for mark that title is pulling from ecclesiastes it is a deeply meaningful book because it starts off with vanity and is a struggle to find where do we find the meaning of life? so when ecclesiastes chapter three verse two, there is a there ise a time to mourn and a timeno to die from the litany of different ideas there is a time to do different things so the volume is looking back on this experience of culture and all you see around you is carnage and it is in that that they are finding to come back and find the relationship of love so in this devastation at the same time you can find love. in this sense they draw on that biblical quote to revoke this sense of toil and struggle and carnage but yet the meaning of life. >>host: there is a fiction book and historical fiction, but you also have nonfiction so now is talk about a very well-known holocaust survivor. >> yes. y all rivers run to the sea with this memoir pulling on ecclesiastes verse one

it is called "john mccain, for whom the bell tolls," reference to the ernest hemingway book.ut of washington. >> he has an inner moral compass that, i think, drives him crazy when he doesn't follow it. >> reporter: the new hbo documentary, "john mccain: for whom the bell tolls," takes a look at the battles of prisoner of war and maverick senator. >> instilled by his dad and admiral. grandfather and admiral. military code of conduct that he began realizing as a pow in vietnam. it kind of steered his political course right up until today. >> reporter: both personal after a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer, and political, highlighted by the republican rush last summer to replace obamacare, that he ultimately doomed with a historic thumbs down vote in the exclusive clip. >> we tried to do this by coming up with apo behind closed doors, in consultation with the administration, then springing it on sceptical members, trying to convince them that it is better than nothing. that it is better than nothing? >> i think the vast majority of republicans and democrats know better. they'v