Biographical Report on F
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. His name, interestingly enough, was derived from his distant relative, Francis Scott Key, the composer of “The Star Spangled Banner”. Fitzgerald would live in St. Paul and then New York until his father lost his job, forcing the Fitzgerald family back to Minnesota. When he was thirteen, Fitzgerald had his first work published in the school newspaper. After attending the Newman School, he was accepted into Princeton, where he would focus on writing for numerous clubs and associations rather than his studies. Due to his poor grades, Fitzgerald was placed on academic probation in 1917, which led to his enlisting in the Army. While based at Camp Sheridan in Alabama in 1918, he met his future wife, Zelda Sayre. Fitzgerald was enamored with Zelda, but she would break their first engagement due to Fitzgerald’s low salary and lack of success to that point. (Bruccoli 46-149) Fitzgerald had been trying to become an accomplished writer ever since he enlisted in the Army. His first attempt at a novel was entitled, The Romantic Egotist. This was rejected and sent back for revision. By 1919, The Romantic Egotist became This Side of Paradise,
After This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald’s numerous short stories were collected into his first anthology, Flappers and Philosophers. He would continue to write short stories, mainly for the Saturday Evening Post, and working on his novels. Zelda gave birth to their only child, a girl named Scottie in 1921 and six months later, Fitzgerald’s second novel, The Beautiful and the Damned was released. This led to his second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age. He also began work on a play, The Vegetable. Fitzgerald believed The Vegetable was to be his crowning achievement, which would make Zelda and he financially stable for the rest of their lives. After The Vegetable’s debut failed miserably, Fitzgerald continued to write short stories to maintain the lifestyle he and Zelda had been accustomed to. Unfortunately, he increased his infamous drinking habits. Although an alcoholic, Fitzgerald always wrote sober, but some days of sobriety were few and far between. (“F. Scott Fitzgerald” 93) Works Cited “F. Scott Fitzgerald.“ American Writers: Supplement IX. New York: Scribner’s, August 2001. Fitzgerald was not among the highest-paid writers of his time; his novels earned comparatively little, and most of his income came from 160 magazine stories. During the 1920s his income from all sources averaged under $25,000 a year, which was good money at a time when a s
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