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F. Scott Fitzgerald
AuthorBooks · Second hand1896-1940
Twentieth-century American novelist, chronicler of the Jazz Age and author of The Great Gatsby, one of the defining novels of the century.
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About F. Scott Fitzgerald
Birth
1896
Death
1940
First book
1920
Years writing
106
Twentieth-century American novelist, chronicler of the Jazz Age and author of The Great Gatsby, one of the defining novels of the century.
He popularised the term 'Jazz Age' for the 1920s in the United States through his collection Tales of the Jazz Age (1922).
He was a close friend of Ernest Hemingway, whom he met in Paris during the Lost Generation years.
His wife Zelda Sayre, a writer and dancer, suffered from schizophrenia and inspired several of his female characters.
The Great Gatsby was published in 1925 to modest success and became a classic only after the Second World War.
He died of a heart attack at 44 in Hollywood, where he was trying to make a living writing film scripts.
