Author · 1896 to 1940
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American writer who captured the parties and dreams of the 1920s, a time he named the Jazz Age.
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Life milestones
Named after an anthem writer
Francis Scott Key, a distant cousin.
Named an era
He made the term Jazz Age popular.
Left Princeton
He dropped out to join the army in 1917.
Unfinished
His last novel, The Last Tycoon, was published after his death.
Timeline
- 1896
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- 1913
Starts at Princeton University.
- 1920
This Side of Paradise. Marries Zelda.
- 1922
Moves to Great Neck, Long Island.
- 1925
The Great Gatsby.
- 1934
Tender Is the Night.
- 1940
Dies in Hollywood, aged 44.
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Image credits
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1921 portrait - crop) Retouched, Photographer unknown. The publicity photo was distributed by Fitzgerald's publis, Public domain
- Zelda Fitzgerald, 1922, Gordan Bryant, Public domain
- Maxwell Perkins NYWTS cropped, New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer, Public domain