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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

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F(rancis) Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896. He was educated at Princeton University and served in the U.S. Army from 1917 to 1919, attaining the rank of second lieutenant. In 1920 Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre, a young woman of the upper class, and they had a vis mere daughter, Frances. Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the finest American writers of the 20th Century. His most notable work was the novel, The Great Gatsby (1925). The novel focused on the themes of the Roaring Twenties and of the loss of innocence and ethics among the nouveau riche. He also made many contributions to American literature in the form of short stories, plays, poetry, music, and letters. Ernest Hemingway, who was greatly influenced by Fitzgerald's short stories, wrote that Fitzgerald's talent was "as fine as the dust on a butterfly's wing." Yet during his lifetime Fitzgerald never had a bestselling novel and, toward the end of his life, he worked sporadically as a screenwriter at motion picture studios in Los Angeles. There he contributed to scripts for such popular films as Winter Carnival and Gone with the Wind. Fitzgerald's work is inseparable from the Roaring 20s. Berenice Bobs Her Hair and A Diamond As Big As The Ritz, are two short stories included in his collections, Tales of the Jazz Age and Flappers and Philosophers. His first novel The Beautiful and Damned was flawed but set up Fitzgerald's major themes of the fleeting nature of youthfulness and innocence, unattainable love, and middle-class aspiration for wealth and respectability, derived from his own courtship of Zelda. This Side of Paradise (1920) was Fitzgerald's first unqualified success. Tender Is the Night, a mature look at the excesses of the exuberant 20s, was published in 1934. Much of Fitzgerald's work has been adapted for film, including Tender is the Night , The Great Gatsby, and Babylon Revisited which was adapted as The Last Time I Saw Paris by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1954. The Last Tycoon, adapted by Paramount in 1976, was a work in progress when Fitzgerald died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940, in Hollywood, California. Fitzgerald is buried in the historic St. Mary's Cemetery in Rockville, Maryland. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Kanonisk navn
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Juridisk navn
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key
Andre navne
D'Invilliers, Thomas Parke
Fødselsdato
1896-09-24
Dødsdag
1940-12-21
Begravelsessted
Rockville Union Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland, USA (1940)
St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland, USA (1975, reburied at the family plot)
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Fødested
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Dødssted
Hollywood, California, USA
Dødsårsag
heart attack
Bopæl
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Buffalo, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Towson, Maryland, USA
Hollywood, California, USA
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA (vis alle 10)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Paris, France
Encino, California, USA
Uddannelse
Holy Angels Convent
Nardin Academy
St. Paul Academy
Newman School
Princeton University
Erhverv
novelist
short-story writer
screenwriter
playwright
poet
lyricist (vis alle 7)
second lieutenant
Relationer
Fitzgerald, Zelda (wife)
Smith, Scottie Fitzgerald (daughter)
Lanahan, Eleanor (granddaughter)
Perkins, Maxwell E. (friend)
Wilson, Edmund (friend)
Hemingway, Ernest (friend) (vis alle 14)
Cowley, Malcolm (friend)
Murphy, Gerald (friend)
Lardner, Ring (friend)
West, Nathanael (friend)
Bishop, John Peale (friend)
Graham, Sheilah (girlfriend)
Key, Francis Scott (cousin)
Ring, Frances Kroll (personal secretary)
Organisationer
United States Army
Priser og hædersbevisninger
New Jersey Hall of Fame
Fitzgerald Theater
Agent
Harold Ober (1929--1940)
Kort biografi
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short-story writer, although he was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he coined. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four collections of short stories, and 164 short stories. Although he temporarily achieved popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald only received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

Fitzgerald was born into an upper-middle-class family in St. Paul, Minnesota, but was primarily raised in New York. He attended Princeton University, but due to a failed relationship and a preoccupation with writing, he dropped out in 1917 to join the army. While stationed in Alabama, he fell in love with rich socialite Zelda Sayre. Although she initially rejected him due to his financial situation, Zelda agreed to marry Fitzgerald after he had published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise (1920).

In the 1920s, Fitzgerald frequented Europe, where he was influenced by the modernist writers and artists of the "Lost Generation" expatriate community, particularly Ernest Hemingway. His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), propelled him into the New York City elite. To maintain his lifestyle during this time, he also wrote several stories for magazines. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was inspired by his rise to fame and relationship with Zelda. Although it received mixed reviews, The Great Gatsby is now widely praised, with some even labeling it the "Great American Novel". While Zelda was placed at a mental institute for her schizophrenia, Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night (1934).

Faced with financial difficulties due to the declining popularity of his works, Fitzgerald turned to Hollywood, writing and revising screenplays. After a long struggle with alcoholism, he died in 1940, at the age of 44. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon (1941), was completed by Edmund Wilson and published after Fitzgerald's death.

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Gina D.B. Clemen Adapted by
Kate Abbott Research
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Joyce Carol Oates Contributor
Fernanda Pivano Foreword, Editor, Translator
Cherlynne Li Cover designer
Tim Robbins Narrator
Guy Reynolds Introduction
Christian Ekvall Translator
Fred Meyer Illustrator
E. Piñas Translator
Jane Pauley Narrator
Gösta Olzon Translator
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Marja Niiniluoto Translator
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Frank Muller Narrator
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Edgard Cirlin Cover artist
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Ken Bush Editor
William Hope Narrator
Lutz-W. Wolff Translator
Bill Amberg Cover designer
Maria Tsaneva Illustrator
Jacques Tournier Translator
Tony Tanner Introduction
Kyle Tait Narrator
Tom Burns Illustrator
Enn Soosaar Translator
Sam Sloan Foreword
Franca Cavagnoli Translator
Hal Siegel Illustrator
L. Cornils Translator
Susan Janssen Translator
Mary Bess Engel Cover designer
H.W.J. Schaap Translator
Dennis Potter Introduction
Hanna Neves Übersetzer
Terenci Moix Translator
Edward Shenton Illustrator
Walter E. Richartz Übersetzer
Bradley Clark Cover artist
Glynn Boyd Harte Illustrator
Chris Hughes Narrator
Chris Hendrie Narrator
Mark F. Smith Narrator
Sharon G. Carson Introduction
Dawkins Dean Narrator
C James Moore Narrator
Jeff Woodman Narrator
Dick Hill Narrator
J. C. Leyendecker Cover artist
Gerard Cheshire Contributor
Pagan Harleman Introduction
Don Hagen Narrator
Ernst van Altena Translator
Suzanne Mayoux Translator, Traduction
Eugene Ivanov Cover artist
Laura Bortoluzzi Translator
Calef Brown Illustrator
Mauro Formaggio Translator
Robert Gantt Steele Cover artist
Pamela Cannon Cover designer
Dominique Aury Translator
Kinuko Y. Craft Cover artist
Greg Ruth Cover artist
Ruoxi Chen Editor
Christine Foltzer Cover designer
C J Foeckler Author photo
Guido Golüke Translator
Arnold Gingrich Introduction
Scottie Fitzgerald Smith Introduction, Editor
John Kuehl Editor
Penny Martin Cover artist
Julie Verhoeven Cover artist
Alan Munro Narrator
John O'Hara Introduction
James Dickey Foreword
Catherine Cronin Rights manager
Pas Paschali Production editor
Gavin Brammall Art director
Paul Laity Series editor
Charlotte Maguire Picture editor
Darren Gavigan Production
Rupert Degas Narrator
Martin Jarvis Narrator
Kerry Shale Narrator
Stephen Fry Narrator

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