Evan Biddle Shipman was an American novelist, poet, newspaperman and soldier. After schooling in New England, Shipman befriended fellow American writer Ernest Hemingway in 1920s Paris and wrote poems and articles for various American magazines. In 1937, he aided the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and was wounded in battle. He returned to the United States in 1938 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a war correspondent. He was a long-time columnist of The Morning Telegraph and a recognized expert on horse breeding. The Evan Shipman Handicap is named for him.
- Occupation
- writer, columnist, journalist, poet
- Born
- October 23, 1904
- Died
- June 24, 1957
