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(1896-1940) Writer. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in Buffalo for nearly a decade, at 140 North Street. He stayed with his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald at the Algonquin Hotel and at the Plaza Hotel, 5th Avenue and East 59th Street. They also lived at West 59th Street and entertained H. L. Mencken, Dorothy Parker, John Peale Bishop, and Edmund Wilson. He lived at 200 Claremont Avenue, New York City, while working in advertising and writing “This Side of Paradise.” His most famous work is “The Great Gatsby”. In 1996 the United States Postal Service issued its thirteenth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Full Name

F Scott Fitzgerald

Locations

Erie

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Fitzgerald stayed with his wife, Zelda Fitzgerald, at the Algonquin Hotel and at the Plaza Hotel, 5th Avenue and East 59th Street. They also lived at West 59th Street and entertained H. L. Mencken, Dorothy Parker, John Peale Bishop, and Edmund Wilson.

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RESIDENCE

Fitzgerald lived at 200 Claremont Avenue in New York City while working in Advertising and writing "This Side of Paradise."

1896

BIRTH

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born at 481 Laurel Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896.

1898

RESIDENCE

As a child, Fitzgerald lived in Buffalo, New York, for nearly a decade. His family first moved there in 1898 and lived at 140 North Street. Other locations for the Fitzgerald family were Summer & Elmwood, 19 Irving Place, and 71 Highland Avenue.

1901

RESIDENCE

The Fitzgerald family lived in Syracuse, New York, from 1901 to 1903.

1920

LITWORK

This Side of Paradise
Scribners

He lived at 200 Claremont Avenue, Manhattan, New York, while working in advertising and writing the autobiographical novel, "This Side of Paradise."

1920

OTHER

Mr. Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at the rectory of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, New York, on April 3, 1920.

1921

OTHER

Mr. Fitzgerald rented a house in Great Neck, New York.

1921

LITWORK

Flappers and Philosophers
Charles Scribner's Sons

Short stories.

1922

LITWORK

The Beautiful and the Damned
Charles Scribner's Sons

Novel.

1922

LITWORK

Tales of the Jazz Age
Charles Scribner's Sons

Short stories.

1923

LITWORK

The Vegetable
C. Scribner's Sons

Play.

1925

LITWORK

The Great Gatsby
Charles Scribner's Sons

Novel.

1926

LITWORK

All the Sad Young Men
Charles Scribner's Sons

Short stories.

1934

LITWORK

Tender Is The Night
Charles Scribner's Sons

Novel.

1935

LITWORK

Taps at Reveille
C. Scribner's Sons
1122440138 / 978-1122440134
Short stories.

1940

DEATH

F. Scott Fitzgerald died in Hollywood, California, on December 21, 1940.

1941

LITWORK

The Last Tycoon
Charles Scribner's Sons

Novel.

1975

INTERMENT

F. Scott Fitzgerald was interred in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland.

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