Francis Scott Kay Fitzgerald was a famous American writer, a prominent representative of the "era of jazz", that is, times from the post-war period to the great depression. This writer is classified as an American classic. The work of Fitzgerald includes novels, short stories, plays, journalistic works and scripts for films.
Biography
Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul (Minnesota). His parents were wealthy Irish and belonged to the Catholic Church. Francis was a very long-awaited child, because before him in the family two children died. In 1910, Scott graduated from St. Paul's Academy, in 1913 from Newman School, and until 1917 he studied at Princeton University. As a student, Fitzgerald led an active social life, played football, wrote and participated in literary contests. Even then, he was going to become a real writer. Despite the fact that his parents were able to provide Scott with a good education, he often felt uncomfortable among the richer, spoiled fellow students. It was then that he was struck by the theme of class inequality.
In 1917, Francis volunteered for the army. His military career was not bad, he received the title of Adjutant General J.A. Ryan. Upon returning from the army, since 1919, Scott worked in the field of advertising in New York, but did not give up attempts to become a writer. An additional incentive to achieve success in the literary field for Fitzgerald was the desire to conquer the heart of Zelda Sayre, the daughter of Judge Alabama, a beauty from a more than wealthy and famous family.
