F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was a american author of novels and short stories such as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, and The most famous of all The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "lost Generation", which is a term used to characterize a general feeling of disillusionment of american literary. Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Mineesota, he was named after his second cousin Francis Scott Key and by his sister that died shortly after he was born. Fitzgerald attended Nardin Academy, St. Paul academy ,and Princeton University.Fiztgerald was known to be a poor student so he enlisted in the army during WWI but shortly after he enlisted the war and ended.
Fitzgerald was known to be a alcoholic ever since he was in college. He became notorious for his heavy drinking, which then leaving him with a illness named tuberculosis in 1919. In 1940 Fitzgerald suffered from two heart attacks which he died from before the ambulances could arrive. Fitzgerald's work and legend inspired writers ever since he was first published.

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