1936年,西班牙内战爆发,这是世界进步力量与法西斯主义的第一次较量。这次战争对美国进步人士(包括文艺界)的震动是巨大的.美国作家联盟(相当于我国的“左联”)相应调整了行动方向,扩大了统一战线的范围,把矛头对准国际上的法西斯主义。1936至1941年,作家联盟以反法西斯为主题相继召开了第2、3、4次全国作家大会,派以海明威为首的作家代表团访问西班牙,并为林肯支队选送志愿军战士作出努力。在海明威的传记材料里我们可以看到:1936年,他写文章、发表演说、为西班牙 In 1936, the Spanish civil war broke out, which is the first contest between the progressive forces of the world and fascism. The war on the U.S. progressives (including the literary and art circles) is tremendous. The American Writers Union (equivalent to China’s “Leftist”) has accordingly adjusted its course of action and expanded the scope of the united front so as to target the international community Fascism. From 1936 to 1941, the Union of Writers held the 2nd, 3rd and 4th National Writers’ Conference in an anti-Fascist theme successively. A delegation of writers headed by Hemingway visited Spain and made efforts to select volunteer soldiers for the Lincoln Detachment. In Hemingway’s biographical material we can see: In 1936, he wrote an essay, made a speech for Spain