Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

(1896-1940)

American Author

To deserve Zelda, he thought he had to become rich and famous first.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known also as Scott Fitzgerald, is a native of St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald joined the army in 1907 and was sent to Montgomery, Alabama where he met Zelda Sayre, his future wife.

Before marrying her, he wanted to become rich and famous, which he fulfilled with his first novel, This Side of Paradise a tremendous bestseller.

The beautiful love story turned into a tragedy with Zelda's schizophrenia and Fitzgerald's drinking...

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This Side Of Paradise, his first novel, was a best-seller

Fitzgerald was only twenty three then...

Fitzgerald's given names indicate his parents' pride in his father's ancestry, rooted in the Old South and its values.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald