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Zelda Fitzgerald ( née Sayre; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, playwright, and socialite. [1] Born in Montgomery, Alabama, to a wealthy Southern family, she became locally famous for her beauty and high spirits. [1]
Jun 21, 2024 · Zelda Fitzgerald (born July 24, 1900, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.—died March 10, 1948, Asheville, North Carolina) was an American writer and artist, best known for personifying the carefree ideals of the 1920s flapper and for her tumultuous marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- American writer and artist Zelda Fitzgerald is remembered for personifying the carefree ideals of the 1920s flapper and for her tumultuous marriage...
- Zelda Fitzgerald (née Sayre) married writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in April 1920. His first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), was an immediate succ...
- Zelda Fitzgerald wrote the largely autobiographical novel Save Me the Waltz (1932), and she had many other creative outlets, including writing shor...
Jan 12, 2021 · Learn about the life and work of the famous literary couple, from their lavish parties and success in the 1920s to their struggles with alcoholism, mental illness, and death. Discover how Zelda inspired Scott's novels, pursued her own artistic passions, and suffered from schizophrenia.
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Feb 21, 2017 · American author, artist and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald was the wife and muse of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and an icon of the Roaring Twenties.
Jul 23, 2019 · Fitzgerald took up with the writer Sheila Graham in his final years. But that bond with Zelda proved stubborn and sturdy, and survived it all.
Oct 8, 2018 · Zelda Fitzgerald was a writer and artist of the Jazz Age, best known as the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. She inspired his novels, struggled with mental illness, and wrote her own book, Save Me The Waltz, before her death in 1948.
Willie Mae Hall, night supervisor at the Asheville mental institution, told police in hysterics on the evening of April 12, 1948, just over a month after a fire at the hospital killed nine patients, including author and artist Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, who at the time was best known as the widow of author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
