F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896, to Edward and Mollie Fitzgerald. Edward Fitzgerald manufactured wicker furniture, but failed at the profession and became a salesman. His mother inherited money which her family comfortably lived off of after Francis turned 12. Fitzgerald attend school at St. Paul Academy where his first newspaper article was published.Francis fell in love with Zelda Sayre while assigned at Camp Sheridan. The two were engaged but Zelda broke off the engagement because she could not wait for him. Fitzgerald continued writing books, but when This Side of Paradise was published and made Fitzgerald famous overnight, the two got married almost instantly. Zelda spent a lot of time in the hospital, and F. Scott wrote short stories to pay for the bills. Money was tight for the two, and although Fitzgerald wrote many books dealing with money, he had trouble managing his own finances. Zelda ended up dying in a fire in Highland Hospital in 1948.Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940. He publised 4 books: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night and the most popular, The Great Gatsby.



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