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BORN
September 24, 1896. In Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. -
STUDIES
He attended Princeton University but he dropped out in 1917
He join the United States Army during World War I. -
LITERARY TEMPLATES
For his first novel, he used as his literary templates H. G. Wells' 1909 work Tono-Bungay and Sir Compton Mackenzie's 1913 novel Sinister Street. -
FIRST NOVEL
finishes and publishes his first novel "This Side Of Paradise" -
SECOND NOVEL
The Beautiful and Damned, propelled him further into the cultural elite. -
PREDICTION OF JOHN V.A WEAVER
He predicted in 1922 that, as Fitzgerald matured as a writer, he would become regarded as one of the greatest authors of American literature. -
CATHER'S INFLUENCE
When composing The Great Gatsby, he was particularly influenced by Cather's 1923 work, A Lost Lady -
THIRD NOVEL
The Great Gatsby, received generally favorable reviews but was a commercial failure -
FOURTH NOVEL
Nine years after the publication of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald completed his fourth novel Tender Is the Night -
DIED
He attained sobriety only to die of a heart attack in 1940, at 44. -
FRIEND NOVEL
His friend Edmund Wilson edited and published an unfinished fifth novel, The Last Tycoon -
MATTHEW J. BRUCCOLI
A new edition was published as The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.