Zelda Fitzgerald
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Brief Biography
Zelda Fitzgerald was a native of Montgomery, Alabama. Despite her limited interest in formal education, she graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1918. After graduation, Zelda met writer F. Scott Fitzgerald at a local dance, and he became one of her suitors. Zelda agreed to marry Scott after the publication of his first novel in 1920. Immersed in the vibrant literary and social milieu of New York City, they became emblematic figures of the Jazz Age. Zelda wrote several articles and short stories on flappers that were published with her husband’s name added to the byline. Zelda and Scott’s lives were marked by constant travels between Europe and the United States until Zelda’s mental health worsened after she was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1930. Despite spending most of the rest of her life in mental health facilities, Zelda continued to write and completed her novel, Save Me the Waltz. Zelda died in 1948 in a fire at Highland Hospital.
Publications
Save Me the Waltz. New York; Scribner, 1932.
Bits of Paradise: 21 Uncollected Stories by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. New York; Scribner, 1973.
Scandalabra. Bloomfield Hill; Bruccoli Clark, 1980.
Collected Works of Zelda Fitzgerald. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 1991.
The Collected Writings. New York; Maxwell MacMillan, 1991.
Bits of Paradise: 21 Uncollected Stories by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. New York; Scribner, 1973.
Scandalabra. Bloomfield Hill; Bruccoli Clark, 1980.
Collected Works of Zelda Fitzgerald. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama Press, 1991.
The Collected Writings. New York; Maxwell MacMillan, 1991.
Themes
Zelda Fitzgerald wrote short stories and nonfiction in addition to her autobiographical novel Save Me the Waltz about her rocky marriage to author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Common themes of her works include the 1920s and flappers.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Collection
Citation
Fitzgerald, Zelda, “Zelda Fitzgerald,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/577.