Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American writer and novelist.

Short Biography:

His autobiographical novel This Side of Paradise in 1920 made him known in the postwar society of the East Coast, and The Great Gatsby in 1925 epitomizes the Jazz Age.

His wife Zelda's descent into mental illness forms the subject of Tender is the Night in 1934.

Fitzgerald was born in Minnesota. His first book, This Side of Paradise, reflected his experiences at Princeton University.

In The Great Gatsby in 1925 the narrator resembles his author, and Gatsby, the self-made millionaire, is lost in the soulless society he enters.

Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Sayre (1900-1947), a schizophrenic, entered an asylum in 1930, after which he declined into alcoholism.

His other works include numerous short stories and the novels The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922 and The Last Tycoon, which was unfinished at his death.

Why is F. Scott Fitzgerald famous?

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American author, novelist and short stories writer.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Lists

	1896 births
	1940 deaths
	Alcohol-related deaths in California
	American novelists
	American Roman Catholics
	American short story writers
	Deaths from myocardial infarction
	Irish-American writers
	Roman Catholic writers
	People from Saint Paul, Minnesota
	People self-identifying as alcoholics
	People with bipolar disorder
	Writers from Minnesota

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Movies
Zelig New York: A Documentary Film
F. Scott Fitzgerald Filmography

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Date Added: 27 February '12

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