John F. Fitzgerald him the nickname 'Honey Fitz'. His daughter Rose married Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., a son of his political rival P. J. Kennedy. In old age, Fitzgerald helped his grandson John F. Kennedy to win his first seat in congress. John Francis Fitzgerald was born in the North End of Boston, to Irish businessman/politician Thomas Fitzgerald of Bruff, County Limerick, and Rosanna Cox of County Cavan. He was the fourth of twelve children. Both of his sisters, Ellen and Mary, and his eldest brother, Michael, died in infancy. Fitzgerald's brother Joseph had severe brain damage from malaria and barely functioned. Only
F. Scott Fitzgerald British playwright Crispin Whittell, which premiered at Williamstown Theatre Festival (2007). Tom Hiddleston and Alison Pill appear briefly as Fitzgerald and Zelda in Woody Allen's 2011 feature film "Midnight in Paris". Guy Pearce and Vanessa Kirby portray the couple in 2016's "Genius". Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald appear alongside Ernest Hemingway, Hadley Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound in the novel "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain. The novel was adapted by Sheila Yeger for a 2011 BBC Radio 4 "Woman's Hour Drama". Stewart O'Nan's 2015 novel "West of Sunset" presents a detailed fictional account of Fitzgerald's final years as a