Happy birthday to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
As Biography.com notes, the author of The Great Gatsby was born on this date in 1896.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. His first novel's success made him famous and let him marry the woman he loved, but he later descended into drinking and his wife had a mental breakdown. Following the unsuccessful Tender is the Night, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood and became a scriptwriter. He died of a heart attack in 1940, at age 44, his final novel only half completed.
You can read the rest of the piece and watch a short video on the life of Fitzgerald via the below link:
http://www.biography.com/people/f-scott-fitzgerald-9296261
Fitzgerald is one of my favorite writers and I enjoyed his novels, especially The Great Gatsby, and I also enjoy his short stories. I especially love his Pat Hobby short stories, which are about a hack Hollywood writer.
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