F. Scott Fitzgerald: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Born	September 24, 1896 • St. Paul • Minnesota
Died	December 21, 1940 (aged 44) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works	“Tales of the Jazz Age” • “Tender Is the Night” • “The Beautiful and Damned” • “The Crack-Up” • “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” • “The Great Gatsby” • “The Last Tycoon” • “This Side of Paradise”
Notable Family Members	spouse Zelda Fitzgerald

"The Great Gatsby" was not a commercial success until after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death.
Fitzgerald briefly worked on the script for the 1939 movie adaptation of "Gone with the Wind."
Zelda Sayre broke her initial engagement to Fitzgerald because of his financial instability.