Zelda Fitzgerald Biography

Born asZelda Sayre
Occup.Writer
FromUSA
BornJuly 24, 1900
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
DiedMarch 10, 1948
Highland Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
CauseFire in a hospital room
Aged47 years
Zelda Fitzgerald was born on July 24, 1900, in Montgomery, Alabama, to Anthony Sayre, a popular court, and his other half Minerva. She was the youngest of six kids and matured in a blessed home with accessibility to songs, literary works, and also the arts. From a very early age, Zelda was a precocious and also creative child that liked to dance and also do in public.

In 1918, at the age of 18, Zelda fulfilled F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was posted at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama, during World War I. The two quickly fell in love and also began a troubled courtship that lasted a number of years. Regardless of their ups as well as downs, Scott recommended to Zelda in 1920, as well as they were married a year later on in New York City.

Throughout the 1920s, Zelda as well as Scott were the toast of literary culture as well as the personification of the "Jazz Age". They were known for their extravagant events, luxurious way of livings, and also tumultuous relationship. Zelda was a musician in her own right and also meddled paint, writing, as well as dancing. She was typically the inspiration for a number of Scott's characters in his books, consisting of the well known Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.

However, the pair's way of living eventually overtook them, as well as they spiraled into economic and also emotional chaos. Zelda struggled with mental illness throughout her whole life and was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1930. She spent a lot of the next 15 years in as well as out of psychiatric facilities, and her relationship with Scott weakened. He began drinking greatly as well as having events, and their marriage suffered.

Zelda made a number of attempts to break into the innovative globe on her very own, however her mental illness made it difficult for her to keep focus as well as job continually. She created a novel, Save Me the Waltz, which was based loosely on her marital relationship to Scott, but it received combined reviews and also was not a business success.

In 1948, at the age of 48, Zelda passed away in a fire at the Highland Mental Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Her tradition has actually been blended. She is usually thought of as a vivid figure and muse for her husband as well as other authors, yet her very own creative contributions have been outweighed. In the last few years, there has been renewed rate of interest in her work, with new bios and also literary criticism clarifying her talent as well as impact.

Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Zelda.

Related authors: Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Christina Ricci (Actress), F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author)

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7 Famous quotes by Zelda Fitzgerald

Small: Youth doesnt need friends - it only needs crowds
"Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds"
Small: Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold"
Small: Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at ho
"Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home"
Small: It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves
"It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves"
Small: We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that on
"We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion"
Small: By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the mome
"By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future"
Small: I dont want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally
"I don't want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally"