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  1. Aug 2, 2024 · F. Scott Fitzgerald, American short-story writer and novelist famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s), his most brilliant novel being The Great Gatsby (1925). His private life, with his wife, Zelda, in both America and France, became almost as celebrated as his novels.

    • Francis Scott Key

      Francis Scott Key (born August 1, 1779, Frederick county,...

    • Zelda Fitzgerald

      Zelda Fitzgerald, American writer and artist, best known for...

    • 2-Min Summary

      The Great Gatsby, novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in...

    • The Great Gatsby

      The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel. It...

    • This Side of Paradise

      Table of Contents This Side of Paradise, first novel by F....

    • Irving Thalberg

      Irving Thalberg (born May 30, 1899, Brooklyn, New York,...

    • John Updike

      John Updike, American writer of novels, short stories, and...

    • Paul Auster

      Paul Auster (born February 3, 1947, Newark, New Jersey,...

  2. Apr 3, 2014 · (1896-1940) Who Was F. Scott Fitzgerald? F. Scott Fitzgerald was a short story writer and novelist considered one of the pre-eminent authors in the history of American literature due...

  3. Born on September 24, 1896, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to a middle-class Catholic family, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was named after Francis Scott Key, a distant cousin who wrote the lyrics in 1814 for the song "The Star-Spangled Banner", which later became the American national anthem.

  4. Jun 1, 2010 · American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) rose to prominence as a chronicler of the jazz age. Born in St. Paul, Minn., Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton University to join the U.S....

  5. Aug 2, 2019 · F. Scott Fitzgerald, born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author whose works became synonymous with the Jazz Age. He moved in the major artistic circles of his day but failed to garner widespread critical acclaim until after his death at the age of 44.

  6. F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, and named after his ancestor Francis Scott Key, the writer of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”. Fitzgerald was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota.

  7. Best known for The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender Is the Night (1934)—two keystones of modernist fiction—Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was the poet laureate of the “Jazz Age,” a term he popularized to convey the post-World War I era’s newfound prosperity, consumerism, and shifting sexual mores.