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Zelda Fitzgerald

1900 - 1948

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Zelda Fitzgerald (née Sayre; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, to a wealthy Southern family, she became locally famous for her beauty and high spirits. In 1920, she married writer F. Scott Fitzgerald after the popular success of his debut novel, This Side of Paradise. The novel catapulted the young couple into the public eye, and she became known in the national press as the first American flapper. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zelda Fitzgerald is the 942nd most popular writer (up from 1,059th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,236th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Writer.

Zelda Fitzgerald is most famous for being the wife of the great American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 942 out of 7,302. Before her are David Irving, Stefan George, Ján Kollár, Julien Green, Daniel Keyes, and Al-Mutanabbi. After her are Jules Renard, Philostratus, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Emma Orczy, Prudentius, and Percy Fawcett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 49. Before her are Anna Seghers, Jiro Miyake, Edward Stettinius Jr., Walther Wenck, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Julien Green. After her are Edith Frank, Pridi Banomyong, Pedro Cea, Thomas Wolfe, Howard H. Aiken, and Jean Negulesco. Among people deceased in 1948, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 37. Before her are Umberto Giordano, John J. Pershing, Kurt Schwitters, Georges Bernanos, Lizzie Magie, and Iwane Matsui. After her are Pompeu Fabra, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Emil Ludwig, Feng Yuxiang, and Yoshiko Kawashima.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 1,311 out of 20,380. Before her are Jonas Salk (1914), Steve Martin (1945), Robert A. Taft (1889), Jeffrey Wright (1965), Daniel Keyes (1927), and Dick Clark (1929). After her are Halle Berry (1966), Lance Henriksen (1940), Morgan Fairchild (1950), Meg Ryan (1961), Jerry Lawler (1949), and Forest Whitaker (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 102. Before her are Neale Donald Walsch (1943), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Ida Tarbell (1857), Joseph Campbell (1904), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), and Daniel Keyes (1927). After her are Virginia Satir (1916), Horatio Alger (1832), John Updike (1932), John Fante (1909), Cormac McCarthy (1933), and Ambrose Bierce (1842).

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