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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fsf
Role Writer of the novel The Great Gatsby
 
Date of Birth September 24, 1896
 
Origin St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
 

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, his most famous, The Great Gatsby and what is now considered his true masterpiece, Tender Is the Night.

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