Fitzgerald+Bio

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)   - Equally famous as a writer and celebrity - Symbolized both the 20s and 30s (decadence and decadence) - Born middle class in St. Paul, MN   - Boyhood in Buffalo and Syracuse, NY    - Aunt’s support sent him to Catholic boarding school in New Jersey (1911) - Entered Princeton in 1913 - Failed to make football team – disappointment followed him for years. -Joined army but war ended before active service -Stationed in Montgomery, AL – met Zelda Sayre – was rejected – in 1919 went to NYC to make fortune and win her back - was successful because of 1920s novel //This Side of Paradise//. Zelda and Fitzgerald married a week later. -They lived extravagantly in NYC, St. Paul, and Long Island – spent more $ than they earned from his writing. - Only daughter born 1921. -most successful and well-known novel, //The Great Gatsby//, published in 1925. - health ruined by alcoholism, he died of a heart attack