As an American short-story writer and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald became very popular. He was also famous for naming the Jazz Age Era. Although, he faced many challenges such as struggling with alcohol throughout his life. F. Scott Fitzgerald was an excellent contributor to American Literature. His sharp insight in his writings and American voice captured many hearts and minds. He tells his stories in ways that many people can relate to.
In St. Paul, Minnesota, September 24, 1869, Fitzgerald was born. He died December 21, 1940, in Hollywood, California only at the age of 45. His parents were Mary “Molly” McQuillian and Edward Fitzgerald. His father struggled with a drinking problem that later Fitzgerald developed that problem as well. He had two sisters, one of two sisters died shortly before his birth. After the passing of his sister, he realized then he wanted to become a writer after her passing. In middle school Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy, the first writing he ever wrote was a detective story for the school newspaper when he was only thirteen. During the years 1911-1913, he attended Newman Catholic School in New Jersey. While studying there he met a priest named Father Sigourney Fay, who had congratulated him
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Throughout his entire writing career he completed four novels and around 160 stories. “The Great Gatsby”, a classic, had much success with the critics but never sold well during his lifetime because readers couldn’t quite figure what it was supposed to be about. He also wrote “Tender Is the Night”, “The Beautiful and Damned” and many more. Many of his works were set in the 1920’s during the jazz era and involved the reflections of his own life experiences. Fitzgerald”s writing defined the era that he himself named “The Jazz Age.” He named it “The Jazz Age”to reflect the popular love for jazz music and drinking. His own problems with alcoholism reflects in almost all of his