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Born
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
Fitzgerald was raised primarily in New York state. He attended Princeton University but he dropped out in 1917 to join the United States Army during World War I. -
His life as a writer
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American writer of the Lost Generation who rose to fame with his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922). During this period, he cultivated friendships with some writers and artists in Europe. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was a commercial failure, but was later recognised as the "Great American Novel". Following his wife's mental health and his admission to a mental institution, Fitzgerald completed his last novel, Tender Is the Night (1934). -
This side of Paradise
The author was inspired by the works of H. G. Wells and Sir Compton Mackenzie to begin to develop his plot, which narrated the coming-of-age of a young university student at Oxford University, but then deviated from narrative technique and developed the plot with textual fragments, letters and poetry. This allowed him to create a work that many considered modern and creative.
critics praised This Side of Paradise as highly original, they eviscerated its form and construction. -
His marriage
In Alabama, Francis Scott Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre and proposed to her, Zelda accepted his offer after he published the commercially successful novel This Side of Paradise (1920). They had a child called Frances Scott Fitzgerald -
The Beautiful and Damned
In The Beautiful and Damned, the famous American writer Scott Fitzgerald refines his prose style and plot construction, demonstrating a much more alert literary awareness than in his first work, This Side of Paradise. Consequently, expectations arose that Fitzgerald would significantly improve with his third work. His third work, The Great Gatsby, not only fulfils all expectations, but with it, Fitzgerald establishes himself as one of the masters of American literature. -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby, and critics praised his work as "a leap into the future" for the American novel. However, the advent of the Great Depression meant that the so-called "proletarian novelists" enjoyed more support from the literary community, and Scott's ignoring of political themes contributed to many critics' disapproval of his next work, Tender Is the Night. Still, some rejected this opinion and praised the novel as the best American novel since The Great Gatsby. -
How his death ocurred?
To cope with financial difficulties, he moved to Hollywood. There he tried to build a career as a screenwriter, without success. During this time, he lived with Sheilah Graham. He became a sovereign after a long struggle with alcoholism, but died of a heart attack at 44. His friend Edmund Wilson edited and published his fifth unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon. A new edition, The Last Tycoon's Love, was published in 1993 by Matthew J. Bruccoli. -
Died
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald died in Los Angeles, California, U.S. at the age of 44.
His resting place is Saint Mary's Cemetery
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.