F Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer best known for depicting the Jazz Age's prosperity, excess, and moral shifts in works like The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender Is the Night (1934).[1][2] He rose to fame with his debut novel This Side of Paradise (1920) at age 23, but faced personal struggles including alcoholism, financial woes, and his wife Zelda's mental illness.[1][3] His poetic prose explored themes of ambition, love, class, and loss, cementing his status as a modernist icon.[1][4]