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BY L E O N K RA N J Č E V I Ć
WHO WAS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY FITZGERALD ?
‘The greatest American author
Of 20th Century’
September 24,1896 – December 21,1940
‘Jazz Age’
S I S T E R
DEAD!
Oh no ! My sister is dead ! Let me become a writer !
Catholic school in Buffalo
Unusual intelligence and interest in literature lol
First short story – age 13
1911. – Father Sigurney Fay discovers his talent
Went to Princeton University - first book rejection
Joins U.S Army in World War 1 – school drop out
Meets Zelda Sayre in trening camp – falls in love
War ended in 1918 before he was deployed
1920. – Zelda becomes Fitzgerald
THIS
SIDE OF PARADISE – debut novel
1920s – living in Paris with family – befriends Ernest Hemingway
Whoring – selling short stories to magazines and Hollywood – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Great debts – Zelda’s medical bills and Francis alcoholism
THE GREAT GATSBY in 1925. – no success
TENDER IS THE NIGHT – follow up to The Great Gatsby
The Love of the Last Tycoon – unfinished novel
Diagnosed Tuberculosis – 2 heart attacks – third one lethal in 1940.
4 completed novels – 1 published posthumously
Without great success during his life – discovery after death
The Great Gatsby – the greatest American novel of 20th century and second best English language novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896. – 1940.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION !