Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald photographed by Carl van Vechten in 1937
Born	September 24, 1896(1896-09-24) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	December 21, 1940 (aged 44) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter
Nationality	American
Writing period	1920-1940
Genres	Literary fiction
Literary movement	Modernism
Influences John Keats, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton,
Influenced Michael Chabon, John Cheever, Jay McInerney, J. D. Salinger, Richard Yates, Hunter S. Thompson

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. Carl Van Vechten ( June 17, 1880 &ndash December 21, 1964) was an American Writer and Photographer who was a Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction This is a list of modern literary movements: that is movements after the Renaissance. Modernist literature is the literary form of Modernism and especially High modernism; it should not be confused with modern literature, which is the history Sherwood Anderson (September 13 1876 &ndash March 8 1941 was an American writer mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg Ohio Edith Wharton ( January 24 1862 &ndash August 11 1937) was an American Novelist, Short story Writer Michael Chabon (pron SHAY-bon (born May 24 1963 is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation" according to the The Virginia John Cheever ( May 27, 1912 &ndash June 18, 1982) was an American Novelist and Short story Writer John Barrett McInerney Jr (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford Connecticut) (ˈmækənɝni is an American Writer. Jerome David "J D" Salinger (born January 1 1919 (ˈsælɨndʒɚ is an American author best known for his 1951 Novel The Catcher in the Rye Richard Yates ( February 3 1926 &ndash November 7 1992) was an American Novelist and Short story writer Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929 the years after the end of World War I, continuing through the Roaring Twenties and ending with the rise of the He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's great writers. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation". The ' Lost Generation' is a phrase made popular by American author Ernest Hemingway in his first published novel The Sun Also Rises. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth and promise (his first act), and despair and age (act two: Fitzgerald is also famous for the phrase, "There are no second acts in American lives").

Biography

Early years

Born on Cathedral Hill in St. Paul, Minnesota, to an upper-middle class Irish Catholic household—aggressive mother, retiring father—Fitzgerald was named after his famous relative Francis Scott Key, but was referred to as "Scott. Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U Irish Catholics is a term used to describe people of Roman Catholic background who are Irish or of Irish descent. Francis Scott Key ( August 1, 1779 &ndash January 11, 1843) was an American Lawyer, author and amateur " He spent 1898–1901 and 1903–1908 in Buffalo, New York, where he attended Nardin Academy. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Nardin Academy was founded by the Daughters of the Heart of Mary in 1857. ^[1] When his father was fired from Proctor & Gamble, the family returned to Minnesota, where Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy in St. Procter & Gamble Co ( P&G,) is a Fortune 500, American global corporation based in Cincinnati Ohio, that manufactures a wide St Paul Academy and Summit School (commonly known as SPA) is a college preparatory Independent school in St Paul from 1908–1911. His first literary effort was published in a school newspaper when he was 13. He attended Newman School, a prep school in Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1911–1912, and entered Princeton University in 1913 as a member of the Class of 1917. Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. There he became friends with future critics and writers Edmund Wilson (Class of 1916) and John Peale Bishop (Class of 1917), and wrote for the Princeton Triangle Club. Edmund Wilson ( May 8, 1895 &ndash June 12 1972) was an American Writer and John Peale Bishop ( May 21, 1892 - April 4, 1944) was an American Poet and Man of letters. The Princeton Triangle Club is a theater troupe at Princeton University. His absorption in the Triangle—a kind of musical-comedy society—led to an official invitation to repeat junior year, and, finally, a temporary withdrawal from the college. (On the occasion of the first, the author told a friend, "Charlie, they've just flunked the brightest man in the class of 1917 back to your class"; on the occasion of the second, Fitzgerald—always sensitive to gauges of failure and success—asked a dean to prepare a note accounting for his departure by poor health. The dean complied, added in a covering letter: "This is for your sensitive feelings. I hope you will find it soothing. ")^[2]

A mediocre student throughout his three years at Princeton, Fitzgerald severed his relationship with the university in 1917 to enlist in the United States Army, when America entered World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Fitzgerald wrote a novel titled The Romantic Egotist, portions of which later largely were reincarnated as the first half of This Side of Paradise, while at Princeton, and edited the work at Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Sheridan. Camp Zachary Taylor was a military training camp in Louisville Kentucky. When he submitted the novel to Charles Scribner's Sons, the editor praised the writing but ultimately rejected the book. Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years The war ended shortly after Fitzgerald's enlistment.

Zelda Sayre

Main article: Zelda Fitzgerald

While at Camp Sheridan, Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre (1900–1948), the "top girl", in Fitzgerald's words, of Montgomery, Alabama youth society. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (July 24 1900 – March 10 1948 born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery Alabama, was a novelist and the wife of writer F Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (July 24 1900 – March 10 1948 born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery Alabama, was a novelist and the wife of writer F Montgomery (məntˈgəmɜriː is the Capital, second most populous city and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U She was the daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Judge. The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The two were engaged in 1919, and Fitzgerald moved into an apartment at 1395 Lexington Avenue in New York City to try to lay a foundation for his life with Zelda. The City of New York Working at an advertising firm and writing short stories, he was unable to convince Zelda that he would be able to support her, leading her to break off the engagement.

Fitzgerald returned to his parents' house at 599 Summit Avenue, on Cathedral Hill, in St. The F Scott Fitzgerald House, also known as Summit Terrace, in Saint Paul Minnesota is part of a Rowhouse designed by William H Paul to revise The Romantic Egoist. Recast as This Side of Paradise, about the post-WWI flapper generation, it was accepted by Scribner's in the fall of 1919, and Zelda and Scott resumed their engagement. This Side of Paradise is the debut Novel of F Scott Fitzgerald. The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young Women who wore short skirts bobbed their hair listened to the new Jazz music Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years The novel was published on March 26, 1920, and became one of the most popular books of the year. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Scott and Zelda were married in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral. St Patrick's Cathedral is a decorated Neo-Gothic -style Catholic Cathedral in North America Their daughter and only child, Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, was born on October 26, 1921. Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald ( October 26, 1921 – June 18, 1986) was the only child of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar

"The Jazz Age"

F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921

The 1920s proved the most influential decade of Fitzgerald's development. The Great Gatsby, considered Scott's masterpiece, was published in 1925. The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald made several excursions to Europe, notably Paris and the French Riviera, and became friends with many members of the American expatriate community in Paris, notably Ernest Hemingway. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The French Riviera (Côte d'Azur Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is one of the most famous resort areas in the world extending along the Mediterranean Sea west Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist.

Hemingway looked up to Fitzgerald as an experienced professional writer. Hemingway greatly admired The Great Gatsby and wrote in his A Moveable Feast "If he could write a book as fine as The Great Gatsby I was sure that he could write an even better one" (153). The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. A Moveable Feast is a set of memoirs by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years in Paris as part of the American expatriate The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Hemingway expressed his deep admiration for Fitzgerald, and Fitzgerald's flawed, self-defeating character, when he prefaced his chapters concerning Fitzgerald in A Moveable Feast with:

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. A Moveable Feast is a set of memoirs by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years in Paris as part of the American expatriate At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless. (129)

Much of what Hemingway wrote in A Moveable Feast helped to establish the myth of Fitzgerald's dissipation and loss (of ability, social control, and life) and Zelda's hand in that demise. A Moveable Feast is a set of memoirs by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years in Paris as part of the American expatriate Though the bulk of Hemingway's text is factually correct, it is also colored by his disappointment in Fitzgerald, as well as Hemingway's own rivalrous response towards any competitor, living or dead. That disappointment was most evident in The Green Hills of Africa, where he specifically mentions Fitzgerald as an archetypal ruined American writer; Hemingway had been both shocked and unnerved by Fitzgerald's account of his own difficulties in The Crack-Up. Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 work of Nonfiction written by Ernest Hemingway. The Crack-Up (1945 is a book by American author F Scott Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald’s friendship with Hemingway was tumultuous, as many of Fitzgerald’s relationships would prove to be. (As, indeed, were many of the thrice-divorced Hemingway's. ) Hemingway did not get on well with Zelda, either. He claimed that she “encouraged her husband to drink so as to distract Scott from his ‘real’ work on his novel,"¹ the other work being the short stories he sold to magazines. This “whoring”, as Fitzgerald, and subsequently Hemingway, called these sales, was a sore point in the authors’ friendship. Fitzgerald claimed that he would first write his stories in an authentic manner but then put in “twists that made them into saleable magazine stories. ”²

But the marriage was mixed—both destructive and constructive. Fitzgerald drew largely upon his wife's intense and flamboyant personality in his writings, at times quoting direct passages from her letters and personal diaries in his work. Zelda made mention of this in a 1922 mock review in the New York Tribune, saying that "[i]t seems to me that on one page I recognized a portion of an old diary of mine which mysteriously disappeared shortly after my marriage, and also scraps of letters which, though considerably edited, sound to me vaguely familiar. The New York Tribune was an American newspaper first established by Horace Greeley in 1841 which was long considered one of the leading Newspapers in the In fact, Mr. Fitzgerald—I believe that is how he spells his name—seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home" (Zelda Fitzgerald: The Collected Writings, 388). But the impact of Zelda's personality on his work and life is often overstated, as much of his earliest writings reflect the personality of a first love, Ginevra King. Ginevra King (1898-1980 They sent letters back and forth for months and their passionate romance continued until January 1917 In fact, the character of Daisy as much represents his inability to cultivate his relationship with King as it does the ever-present fact of Zelda. (Although Gatsby's economic failure to immediately wed Daisy in 1917, with an eventual return in financial triumph, does closely mirror Fitzgerald's own experiences with his future wife. )

Fitzgerald wrote frequently for The Saturday Evening Post. The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, This issue from May 1, 1920, containing the short story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", was the first with Fitzgerald's name on the cover. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar " Bernice Bobs Her Hair " is a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1920 and first published in the Saturday Evening Post

Although Fitzgerald's passion lay in writing novels, only his first novel sold well enough to support the opulent lifestyle that he and Zelda adopted as New York celebrities. As did most professional authors at the time, Fitzgerald supplemented his income by writing short stories for such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, and Esquire, and sold movie rights of his stories and novels to Hollywood studios. The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, Collier's Weekly was an American Magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957 Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition Many of these stories act as testing grounds for his novels. For example, "Absolution" was intended as an earlier chapter in The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Because of this lifestyle, as well as the bills from Zelda's medical care when they came, Fitzgerald was constantly in financial trouble and often required loans from his literary agent, Harold Ober, and his editor at Scribner's, Maxwell Perkins. Harold Ober (1881-1959 was the literary agent of F Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner and others Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years William Maxwell Evarts Perkins, ( September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947) editor was born on September 20, 1884 in New York When Ober decided not to continue advancing Fitzgerald, the author severed ties with his longtime friend and agent. (Fitzgerald offered a good-hearted and apologetic tribute to this support in the late short story "Financing Finnegan. ")

Fitzgerald began working on his fourth novel during the late 1920s but was sidetracked by financial difficulties that necessitated his writing commercial short stories, and by the schizophrenia that struck Zelda in 1930. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn Her emotional health remained fragile for the rest of her life. In 1932, she was hospitalized in Baltimore, Maryland. Scott rented the "La Paix" estate in the suburb of Towson, Maryland to work on his latest book, the story of the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young psychiatrist who falls in love with and marries Nicole Warren, one of his patients. The book went through many versions, the first of which was to be a story of matricide. Some critics have seen the book as a thinly-veiled autobiographical novel recounting Fitzgerald's problems with his wife, the corrosive effects of wealth and a decadent lifestyle, his own egoism and self-confidence, and his continuing alcoholism. Indeed, Fitzgerald was extremely protective of his material (their life together). When Zelda published her own version of their lives in Europe, Save Me the Waltz, Fitzgerald was angry and succeeded in getting her doctors to keep her from writing any more. Save Me the Waltz is the only Novel by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. His book was finally published in 1934 as Tender Is the Night. Tender Is the Night is an English language novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. Critics who had waited nine years for the followup to The Great Gatsby had mixed opinions about the novel. The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Most were thrown off by its five part structure and many felt that Fitzgerald had not lived up to their expectations. The novel did not sell well upon publication, but like the earlier Gatsby, the book's reputation has since risen significantly.

Hollywood years

Although he reportedly found movie work degrading, Fitzgerald was once again in dire financial straits, and spent the second half of the 1930s in Hollywood, working on commercial short stories, scripts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (including some unfilmed work on Gone with the Wind), and his fifth and final novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 The Love of The Last Tycoon A Western is an unfinished novel by F Published posthumously as The Last Tycoon, it was based on the life of film executive Irving Thalberg. The Love of The Last Tycoon A Western is an unfinished novel by F Irving Grant Thalberg ( May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer Scott and Zelda became estranged; she continued living in mental institutions on the east coast, while he lived with his lover Sheilah Graham, a gossip columnist, in Hollywood. Sheilah Graham Westbrook ( September 15, 1904 - November 17, 1988) is best known as a nationally syndicated gossip columnist during Hollywood's From 1939 until his death, Fitzgerald mocked himself as a Hollywood hack through the character of Pat Hobby in a sequence of 17 short stories, later collected as "The Pat Hobby Stories"

Illness and death

Fitzgerald had been an alcoholic since his college days, and became notorious during the 1920s for his extraordinarily heavy drinking, leaving him in poor health by the late 1930s. Hack writer is a Colloquial, usually Pejorative, term used to refer to a Writer who is paid to write low-quality quickly put-together articles or books The Pat Hobby Stories are a collection of 17 short stories written by F Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions According to Zelda's biographer, Nancy Milford, Scott claimed that he had contracted tuberculosis, but Milford dismisses it as a pretext to cover his drinking problems. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common However, Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli contends that Fitzgerald did in fact have recurring tuberculosis, and Nancy Milford reports that Fitzgerald biographer Arthur Mizener said that Scott suffered a mild attack of tuberculosis in 1919, and in 1929 he had "what proved to be a tubercular hemorrhage". Matthew Joseph Bruccoli ( August 21 1931 – June 4 2008) was an American professor of English at the University of Some have said that hemorrhage was caused by bleeding from esophageal varices. In Medicine ( Gastroenterology) esophageal varices are extremely dilated sub-mucosal Veins in the Esophagus.

Fitzgerald suffered two heart attacks in late 1940. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply After the first, in Schwab's Drug Store, he was ordered by his doctor to avoid strenuous exertion and to obtain a first floor apartment. Schwab's Drug Store, formerly located at 8024 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood California, was the meeting place of Movie actors and dealmakers from the 1930s He moved in with Sheilah Graham, who lived on the first floor. Sheilah Graham Westbrook ( September 15, 1904 - November 17, 1988) is best known as a nationally syndicated gossip columnist during Hollywood's On the night of December 20, 1940, he had his second heart attack, and the next day, December 21, while awaiting a visit from his doctor, Fitzgerald collapsed in Graham's apartment and died. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian He was 44.

Zelda and Scott's grave in Rockville, Maryland, inscribed with the final sentence of The Great Gatsby

Among the attendants at a visitation held at a funeral home in Hollywood was Dorothy Parker, who reportedly cried and murmured "the poor son of a bitch", a line from Jay Gatsby's funeral in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Dorothy Parker (August 22 1893&ndashJune 7 1967 was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic Wit, wisecracks and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. ^[3][4] In a strange coincidence, the author Nathanael West, who was a friend and admirer of Fitzgerald, was killed along with his wife Eileen McKenney in El Centro, California, while driving back to Los Angeles to attend Fitzgerald's funeral service. Nathanael West (born Nathan von Wallenstein Weinstein, October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was a US author screenwriter and Eileen McKenney (died 22 December 1940, El Centro California) was the wife of the American writer Nathanael West. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Fitzgerald's remains were then shipped to Maryland, where his funeral was attended by very few people. The church would not allow him to be buried in his family's plot in Rockville and he was originally buried in Rockville Union Cemetery. Rockville Union Cemetery was established in 1738 by the Anglican Prince George's Parish. Zelda died tragically in a fire at the Highland Mental Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1948. The Montford Area Historic District is a mainly residential neighborhood in Asheville, North Carolina that is included in the National Register of Historic Places Asheville is a City in and the County seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United With the permission and assistance of their only child, Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith, the Women's Club of Rockville had their bodies moved to the family plot in Saint Mary's Cemetery, in Rockville, Maryland. Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald ( October 26, 1921 – June 18, 1986) was the only child of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and Saint Mary's Cemetery is located in the center of Rockville Maryland. Rockville is the County seat of Montgomery County Maryland, United States.

Fitzgerald never completed The Love of the Last Tycoon. The Love of The Last Tycoon A Western is an unfinished novel by F His notes for the novel were edited by his friend Edmund Wilson and published in 1941 as The Last Tycoon. Edmund Wilson ( May 8, 1895 &ndash June 12 1972) was an American Writer and In 1994, the book was rereleased under the original title The Love of the Last Tycoon, which is now agreed upon as Fitzgerald's intended title.

Legacy

Fitzgerald's work and legend has inspired writers ever since he was first published. The publication of The Great Gatsby prompted T. S. Eliot to write, in a letter to Fitzgerald, "[I]t seems to me to be the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James . . ". ^[5] Don Birnam, the protagonist of Charles Jackson's The Lost Weekend, says to himself, referring to Gatsby, "There's no such thing. Charles Jackson may refer to Charles Jackson (jurist (1775-1855 American judge Charles Jackson (Rhode Island (1797-1876 Governor The Lost Weekend is a novel by Charles R Jackson that was published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1944. . . as a flawless novel. But if there is, this is it. "^[6] In letters written in the 1940s, J. D. Salinger expressed admiration of Fitzgerald's work, and his biographer Ian Hamilton wrote that Salinger even saw himself for some time as "Fitzgerald's successor. Jerome David "J D" Salinger (born January 1 1919 (ˈsælɨndʒɚ is an American author best known for his 1951 Novel The Catcher in the Rye Robert Ian Hamilton ( 24 March 1938 - 27 December 2001) was a British literary critic reviewer biographer poet magazine editor "^[7] Richard Yates, a writer often compared to Fitzgerald, called The Great Gatsby "the most nourishing novel [he] read. Richard Yates ( February 3 1926 &ndash November 7 1992) was an American Novelist and Short story writer The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. . . a miracle of talent. . . a triumph of technique. "^[8]

Works

Novels

• This Side of Paradise (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920)
• The Beautiful and Damned (New York: Scribner, 1922)
• The Great Gatsby (New York: Scribner, 1925)
• Tender Is the Night (New York: Scribner, 1934)
• The Last Tycoon – originally The Love of the Last Tycoon – (New York: Scribners, published posthumously, 1941)

Other works

Short Story Collections

• Flappers and Philosophers (Short Story Collection, 1920)
• Tales of the Jazz Age (Short Story Collection, 1922)
• All the Sad Young Men (Short Story Collection, 1926)
• Taps at Reveille (Short Story Collection, 1935)
• Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (Short Story Collection, 1960)
• The Basil and Josephine Stories (Short Story Collection)
• The Pat Hobby Stories (Short Story Collection)

Short Stories

• Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Short Story, 1920)
• Head and Shoulders (Short Story, 1920)
• The Ice Palace (Short Story, 1920)
• May Day (Novelette, 1920)
• The Offshore Pirate (Short Story, 1920)
• The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (Novella, 1922)
• Winter Dreams (Short Story, 1922)
• The Freshest Boy (Short Story, 1928)
• Crazy Sunday (Short Story, 1932)
• Babylon Revisited (Novelette, 1931)
• The Fiend (Short Story, 1935)
• The Bridal Party (Short Story)
• The Baby Party (Short Story)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Short Story)

Other

• The Princeton Tiger (Humor Magazine, 1917)
• The Vegetable, or From President to Postman (play, 1923)
• The Crack-Up (essays, 1945)

Published as

• Novels & Stories 1920-1922: This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, The Beautiful and Damned, Tales of the Jazz Age (Jackson R. This Side of Paradise is the debut Novel of F Scott Fitzgerald. Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922 is F The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Tender Is the Night is an English language novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. The Love of The Last Tycoon A Western is an unfinished novel by F Flappers and Philosophers was the first collection of short stories written by F Tales of the Jazz Age (1922 is a collection of eleven Short stories by F All the Sad Young Men is the third collection of short stories written by F Taps at Reveille (1935 is a collection of 18 short stories by F Babylon Revisited and Other Stories is a collection of ten short stories written between 1920 and 1937 by F The Pat Hobby Stories are a collection of 17 short stories written by F " Bernice Bobs Her Hair " is a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1920 and first published in the Saturday Evening Post "Head and Shoulders" is a Short story by F Scott Fitzgerald written and published in 1920. The Ice Palace is a Modernist Short story written by F Scott Fitzgerald and published in The Saturday Evening Post, 22 May 1920 May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour "The Offshore Pirate" is a Short story written by F Scott Fitzgerald in 1920 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a Novella by novelist F Scott Fitzgerald. " Winter Dreams " is a Short story by F Scott Fitzgerald that first appeared in the Metropolitan Magazine in December 1922 "Babylon Revisited" is a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, first published in the The Saturday Evening Post on February 21, 1931, The Fiend is a Russian fairy tale about a young women named Marusia who goes to a feast and party where she meets a man who is both nice and pleasant to look on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a 1922 short story by F The Crack-Up (1945 is a book by American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Bryer, ed. ) (Library of America, 2000) ISBN 978-1-88301184-0. The Library of America (LoA is a Nonprofit Publisher of classic American literature.

The Rich Boy (short story)

Biography

• The standard biographies of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald are Arthur Mizener's The Far Side of Paradise (1951, 1965), and Matthew Bruccoli's Some Sort of Epic Grandeur (1981). The Far Side of Paradise is a Biography of F Scott Fitzgerald by Arthur Mizener. Matthew Joseph Bruccoli ( August 21 1931 – June 4 2008) was an American professor of English at the University of Fitzgerald's letters have also been published in various editions such as Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, ed. Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Banks (2002); Correspondence of F. Scott Fitzgerald, ed. Matthew Bruccoli and Margaret Duggan (1980), and F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters, ed. Matthew Bruccoli (1994).
• Zelda Fitzgerald published an autobiographically-charged novel, Save Me the Waltz, in 1934. Save Me the Waltz is the only Novel by Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald.
• The film Beloved Infidel (1959) depicts Fitzgerald (played by Gregory Peck) during his final years as a Hollywood scenarist. Beloved Infidel is a 1959 Biographical Drama film made by 20th Century Fox and based on the life of F Gregory Peck (April 5 1916 &ndash June 12 2003 was an Academy Award -winning and four-time Golden Globe Award-winning American Film Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Another film, Last Call (2002) (Jeremy Irons plays Fitzgerald) describes the relationship with Frances Kroll during his last two years of life. Last Call is a 2002 Drama film written and directed by Henry Bromell about F Jeremy John Irons (born September 19 1948) is an English film television and stage Actor. The film was based on the memoir of Frances Kroll Ring, entitled Against the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald (1985), that records her experience as secretary to Fitzgerald for the last 20 months of his life.

Notes

References

• Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph (ed.) (2000), F. Matthew Joseph Bruccoli ( August 21 1931 – June 4 2008) was an American professor of English at the University of Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Literary Reference, New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, ISBN 0786709960 
• Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph (2002), Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (2nd rev. ed. ), Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, ISBN 1570034559 . Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the US state of South Carolina.
• Bryer, Jackson R. & Barks, Cathy W. (eds. ) (2002), Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312268750 . St Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the iconic Flatiron Building in New York City.
• Cline, Sally (2003), Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Paradise, New York: Arcade Publishing, ISBN 1559706880 . Arcade Publishing is an independent trade publishing company that started in 1988 in New York USA
• Curnutt, Kirk (ed. ) (2004), A Historical Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195153022 
• Milford, Nancy (1970), Zelda: A Biography, New York: Harper & Row . Nancy Milford (born March 26, 1938, Dearborn Michigan) is an American Biographer. Harper & Row was a publishing company based in New York City.
• Mizener, Arthur (1951), The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Boston: Houghton Mifflin . Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational Publisher in the United States.
• Prigozy, Ruth (ed. ) (2002), The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521624479 

See also

• F. Scott Fitzgerald House, a National Historic Landmark, where Fitzgerald rewrote This Side of Paradise

External links

• F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary pages - at the University of South Carolina
• F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers - at Princeton University
• Annotated Bibliography - at Scott-Fitzgerald. The F Scott Fitzgerald House, also known as Summit Terrace, in Saint Paul Minnesota is part of a Rowhouse designed by William H A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the com
• Texts and Translations - at narod. ru (Russian & English)
• F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum - Montgomery, Alabama
• Works by F. Scott Fitzgerald at Project Gutenberg
• Profile of F. Scott Fitzgerald - at Find A Grave
• Works by F. Scott Fitzgerald (public domain in Canada)