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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Age: 43 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 24
Died: 1940
Died: December 21
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St Paul
Minnesota
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
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An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.
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Debut: the first time a young girl is seen drunk in public.
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