F. Scott Fitzgerald – American novelist of the “Lost Generation,” author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. His works captured the Jazz Age of the 1920s – the glamour and tragedy of the American Dream. Once both celebrated and forgotten, he is now considered a classic of world literature.
🍸 His wife Zelda became a Jazz Age icon and model for many heroines. 📖 The Great Gatsby was not a success in his lifetime but became a classic posthumously. 📰 Worked as a Hollywood screenwriter to make ends meet. 🌍 Part of the “Lost Generation” with Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. 💔 Struggled with alcoholism and money troubles. 🎭 His style blended romance, irony, and tragedy. 📚 Zelda also wrote novels, often echoing their tumultuous marriage. 😲 Curious fact: early Gatsby editions sold poorly and sat in warehouses until WWII. 😄 Funny fact: joked that his star sign was “cocktail,” not zodiac.