Today is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthday
He was born in Minnesota in 1896, achieved massive success in his twenties with The Beautiful and Damned, became a Jazz Age celebrity, wrote The Great Gatsby but was also known for partying and diving into hotel fountains with his wife Zelda, moved to Paris with the so-called Lost Generation, wrote tons of short stories and the brilliant novel Tender Is The Night, moved to Hollywood, and basically drank himself to death by age 40, although the official cause of death was a heart attack. He left behind an unfinished novel called The Last Tycoon, said to be based on the life of Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg.
Good time to re-read The Great Gatsby. Plus it’s short.
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September 25th, 2006 at 01:31
you know you’ve got it made when montblanc designs a pen after you.
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September 25th, 2006 at 16:58
Good idea, make my ‘to-read’ pile even higher.
Funny thing is thatI just reorganized all my books by genre and have two boxes full of re-readable literary stuff, but ok, I’ll bring zelda’s hubby up a notch.
It has some nice photos of Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in it anyway.
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:35
the great gatsby…loved it.