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Although, a lot of other authors sold their books to Hollywood studios, he is widely regarded by many as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century because he wrote the Great Gatsby, he sold his stories and novels at Hollywood studios, and he had alcoholism that but he was so into his writing he always wrote sober.

30. Fitzgerald endeavored to earn a solid literary reputation, but his playboy image impeded the proper assessment of his work 31. He wrote his second novel, //The Beautiful and Damned//, a naturalistic chronicle of the dissipation of Anthony and Gloria Patch 32. Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories 33. He was an alcoholic, but he wrote sober 34. Was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896 35. F. Scott Fitzgerald died believing himself a failure* 36. He worked on novels to help pay for his wife's treatments 37. His first published story, 'The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage' appeared in 1909 in //Now and Then// 38. Captured the opulence, self-indulgence, and moral bankruptcy of the 1920s 39. And of all the American novelists writing in the nineteen-twenties and thirties--Dreiser, Lewis, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Steinbeck--Fitzgerald had the strongest attachment to Hollywood 40. As a boy, he was a passionate moviegoer; he directed and acted in plays 41. He impressed the nation with his ability to convey the image and the energy of this razzle-dazzle era, only to become an ironic witness to the age's--and his own--demise 42.Although he reportedly found movie work degrading, Fitzgerald was once again in dire financial straits, and spent the second half of the 1930s in Hollywood, working on commercial short stories, scripts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 43.Fitzgerald's work and legend has inspired writers ever since he was first published. The publication of //The Great Gatsby// prompted T. S. Eliot to write, in a letter to Fitzgerald 44.Into the 21st century, millions of copies of //The Great Gatsby// and his other works have been sold, and //Gatsby,// a constant best-seller, is required reading in many high school and college classes 45.Fitzgerald is a 2009 inductee of The New Jersey Hall of Fame 46.The last years of Fitzgerald and his relation with Ms. Graham was the theme of the movie //Beloved Infidel// (1959) 47.The Great Gatsby, Published: August 1991 48.The Love of the Last Tycoon, Published: December 1993 49.This Side of Paradise, Published: January 1996 50.Flappers and Philosophers, Published: December 1999 51.Trimalchio:An Early Version of The Great Gatsby, Published: April 2000 52.Tales of the Jazz Age, Published: August 2002 53.My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1949, Published: October 2005 54.All The Sad Young Men, Published: Junuary 2007 55.The Beautiful and Damned, Published: June 2008 56.The Lost Decade: Short Stories from Esquire, 1936-1941, Published: September 2008 57.The Basil, Josephine, and Gwen Stories, Published: October 2009 58.Spires and Gargoyles: Early Writings, 19109-1919, Published: March 2010 59.Fitzgerald's own tempestuous relationship with his wife Zelda would be reflected in his many short stories and novels 60.Fitzgerald was often mired in debt because of his and Zelda's lavish lifestyle, living beyond their means 61.His amateur play titles include //The Girl From Lazy J// (1911), //Coward// (1913), and //Assorted Spirits// (1914) 62.In 1917 Fitzgerald left Princeton to join the army 63.After his discharge from the army in 1919, Fitzgerald moved to New York City 64.He gained much esteem from fellow authors including Ring Lardner and Ernest Hemingway, although years later Hemingway would viciously criticise him 65.//Tales of the Jazz Age// (1922), Fitzgerald's second collection of shorts contains one of his most famous short stories "The Diamond As Big As the Ritz" 66.His second novel, also adapted to the screen, was published the same year, //The Beautiful and The Damned// 67.Zelda herself wrote; many of her stories and reviews, some of them of her husband's works were published in the same magazines as Fitzgerald's 68.After the immense success of //The Great Gatsby//, Fitzgerald's //All the Sad Young Men// (1926) prophetically harkened things to come 69.In 1927 the Fitzgeralds rented the 27 bedroom mansion Ellerslie, near Wilmington, Delaware and drunken parties ensued 70.Fitzgerald was increasingly turning to alcohol, sometimes becoming abusive 71.For the next three years the couple travelled back and forth between New York, Montgomery, and Baltimore 72.They also travelled to and stayed in Europe for months at a time 73.In 1930 they were in North Africa, the same year Zelda had a nervous breakdown. For the next few years she was in and out of clinics in Switzerland 74.Fitzgerald went to California to work on scripts for the Metro Goldwyn Meyer film company 75.While his contract with MGM was not renewed, a number of other film companies hired him to do freelance work 76.Fitzgerald's alcoholism continually interfered with his life and work, requiring hospitalisation at times 77.By 1960 he had achieved a secure place among America ’ s enduring writers 77.//The Great Gatsby//, a work that seriously examines the theme of aspiration in an American setting, defines the classic American novel 78.In California Fitzgerald fell in love with movie columnist Sheilah Graham 79.The 1936-1937 period is known as “ the crack-up ” from the title of an essay Fitzgerald wrote in 1936. Ill, drunk, in debt 80.After Baltimore Fitzgerald did not maintain a home for Scottie
 * 1) He is widely regarded by many of the greatest authors of the 20th century
 * 2) He finished 4 novels; This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night, and most famous; The Great Gatsby
 * 3) He had an unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon
 * 4) He also wrote many short stories
 * 5) Fitzgerald was named after his second famous cousin but was called Scott
 * 6) When he was 16 he was expelled from St. Paul Academy for neglecting his studies
 * 7) He was an American author of novels and short stories
 * 8) He went to Princeton University, Class of 1917
 * 9) He became friends with future writers; Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop
 * 10) He sold his stories and novels to Hollywood Studios
 * 11) He had alcoholism
 * 12) Scott's wife Zelda went to a mental institution and Scott began living with his lover, Sheilah Graham, the gossip columnist in Hollywood
 * 13) Scott claimed he had Contracted Tuberculosis to cover up his major drinking problems
 * 14) He had 2 heart attacks in the late 1940's
 * 15) He had of a massive heart attack
 * 16) Introduced to Stein personally in the spring of 1925, Fitzgerald gave her an autographed copy of The Great Gatsby. Thereafter, he and Stein corresponded, expressing mutual respect and affection
 * 17) He had to move to Europe because they didn't have a lot of money and it was cheaper there
 * 18) Fitzgerald turns Gatsby's death into a mystery by leaving so many unanswered questions
 * 19) F . Scott Fitzgerald chose to narrate his story of the death of Jay Gatsby
 * 20) Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s
 * 21) His first writing to appear in print was a detective story in the school newspaper when he was thirteen.
 * 22) He wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club musicals
 * 23) Was a contributor to the //Princeton Tiger// humor magazine and the //Nassau Literary Magazine//.
 * 24) Fitzgerald joined the army in 1917 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry.
 * 25) Convinced that he would die in the war, he rapidly wrote a novel, “ The Romantic Egotist ”
 * 26) Unwilling to wait while Fitzgerald succeeded in the advertisement business and unwilling to live on his small salary, Zelda Sayre broke their engagement
 * 27) Fitzgerald quit his job in July 1919 and returned to St. Paul to rewrite his novel as //This Side of Paradise//
 * 28) The publication of //This Side of Paradise// on March 26, 1920, made the twenty-four-year-old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight, and a week later he married Zelda Sayre in New York
 * 29) They embarked a young life as celebrities

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