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F. Scott Fitzgerald

American Literature

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American novelist and short story writer regarded as the defining literary voice of the Jazz Age. His novel The Great Gatsby (1925), now considered among the greatest achievements in American fiction, sold modestly in his lifetime and won wide critical acclaim only after his death; his other novels include This Side of Paradise (1920) and Tender Is the Night (1934). Fitzgerald was one of the two most notable members of the Lost Generation, the community of American expatriate writers centered on 1920s Paris, where he was a close friend of Ernest Hemingway. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1896 1
Birth Date
1896-09-24 1
Death Year
1940 1
Death Date
1940-12-21 1
Award
New Jersey Hall of Fame, 2009. 1
Classification
Original Language
English 1
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In Genre

Tragedy, Genres
Source Wikipedia: The Great Gatsby

In Movement

Source Lost Generation (Wikipedia)

Works Attributed

Source Wikipedia: The Great Gatsby
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1. Wikipedia: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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    Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American novelist and short story writer regarded as the defining literary voice of the Jazz Age.
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    Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896, December 21, 1940), widely known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or simply Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is most notable for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term that he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.
  • Award: New Jersey Hall of Fame
    Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896, December 21, 1940), widely known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or simply Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is most notable for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term that he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.
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Lost Generation (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia: The Great Gatsby
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  • Works Attributed: The Great Gatsby
  • In Genre: Tragedy, Opening sentence, tragedy novel
    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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