F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American author who lived from 1896 to 1940 when he died from a heart attack at the age of 44. He wrote many novels and short stories which reflected the 1920's or the "Jazz Age", a term that he himself made popular. Fitzgerald is regarded as on of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Throughout his life time he finished 4 novels, The Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night, and his most famous work, The Great Gatsby. Many short stories were also published during his lifetime that dealt with "youth and age along with promise and despair". The legacy Fitzgerald left with his "masterpiece", The Great Gatsby, has been inspiring writers ever since it had been published. His books are all in general considered extremely well written and put together. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived a short life due to illness he gained from drinking alcohol and died at a relatively young age, 44, but the works and ideas he left behind has and will inspire many authors.