F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American fiction writer, whose works helped to illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age. While he achieved popular success, fame, and fortune in his lifetime, he did not receive much critical acclaim until after his death. Perhaps the most notable member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s, Fitzgerald is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He finished four novels: "This Side of Paradise", "The Beautiful and Damned", "The Great Gatsby", and "Tender Is
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