Fitzgerald was born in (place) ___________ (Saint Paul, Minnesota) in (year) _______ (1896). He was an American novelist, essayist and _______ ______ (short story) writer. 

 

He was born into a ______(middle)-class Catholic family and was named after his distant cousin, Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the American national anthem ”_______ ________-_________ ________“ (The Star-Spangled Banner). As a boy, he was described by his peers as unusually intelligent with a keen interest in ________ (literature). His father was an ________ (alcoholic) and his mother’s inheritance supplemented the family income. His first piece of ______(fiction)  was published in the school newspaper.

 

Fitzgerald was part of a group of writers called ______ _______ _______ (The Lost Generation) along with Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck etc. In this period, the people were idealistic, they sought the meaning of life and they usually suffered from alcohol and ______ (drug) abuse. 

 

His first novel (1920) was called The Side of Paradise and his most famous novel came out 5 years later with the name _____ ______ _____ (The Great Gatsby). He also wrote some short stories, for example Bernice Bobs Her Hair, May Day or The Rich Boy.