Key West has been home (or home-away-from-home) for many artists, as evidenced by the countless literary landmarks you can see on our island.
The Fla-Keys.com site has published an article outlining these sites. Here's the first part of the piece:
KEY WEST, Florida Keys — For approximately three-quarters of a century, Key West has been a haven and an inspiration for some of the United States' most influential writers. While the late Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams and Robert Frost no longer stroll the streets, visitors can view a wealth of literary landmarks and sites that recall their presence and showcase the island's importance in the literary world.
Hemingway lived in Key West throughout the 1930s, and Williams called the island home from the late 1940s until his death in 1983. Poet Frost wintered at a small Key West cottage from 1945 to 1960.
These are perhaps the best-known literary leaders associated with Key West. However, the island also has been home to John Hersey, James Merrill, Elizabeth Bishop, Richard Wilbur, John Malcolm Brinnin, Alison Lurie, Robert Stone, Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison, Philip Burton, Judy Blume, Nancy Friday, Harry Mathews, Marie Chaix, Shel Silverstein, Wilfrid Sheed, David Kaufelt, Ann Beattie, Jimmy Buffett and Philip Caputo, among others.
To read the entire article and learn the great places you can visit, check out http://www.fla-keys.com/hemingwaymedia/literary-landmarks.cfm.