Francis Scott Fitzgerald | Brief Biography
Francis Scott Fitzgerald | Brief Biography
Francis Scott Fitzgerald was an American writer, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. His father, Edward Fitzgerald, was an unsuccessful businessman, and his mother, Mary “Mollie” McQuillan Fitzgerald, was the daughter of a wealthy Irish-American family.
Fitzgerald attended Princeton University but dropped out after his junior year to join the army. He was stationed in Alabama and fell in love with a young woman named Zelda Sayre, who would later become his wife. While serving in the army, Fitzgerald began writing his first novel, “This Side of Paradise,” which was published in 1920 and became a bestseller.
Fitzgerald’s writing style was characterized by its vivid descriptions of the excesses and decadence of the Roaring Twenties, a period of great prosperity and cultural change in America. He is most famous for his novel “The Great Gatsby,” published in 1925, which is widely regarded as a masterpiece of modern American literature. The novel tells the story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his doomed love affair with the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, set against the backdrop of the jazz age in New York City.
Fitzgerald struggled with alcohol abuse and depression throughout his life. Despite his success as a writer, he often felt that he had failed to live up to his potential. He died of a heart attack at the age of 44, on December 21, 1940, in Hollywood, California.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald‘s works have had a lasting impact on American literature and popular culture. His writing has been widely praised for its poetic prose, its sharp social commentary, and its poignant portrayal of the human condition. 0 0 0.
Sources:
“F. Scott F: A Biography” by Jeffrey Meyers
“The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott F” edited by Ruth Prigozy
“F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters” edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society (fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org) ***
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