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American writer (–)

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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, – December 21, ), widely known simply as Scott Fitzgerald,^[1] was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.

During his lifetime, he published four novels, four story collections, and short stories. Although he achieved temporary popular success and fortune in the s, Fitzgerald received critical acclaim only after his death and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

Born into a middle-class family in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald was raised primarily in New York state.

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