Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the and "Lost Generation and " of the 1920s. He finished four and "This Side of Paradise and ", and "The Beautiful and Damned and ", and "The Great Gatsby and " (his most famous), and and "Tender Is the Night and ". A fifth, unfinished novel, and "The Love of the Last Tycoon and ", was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with age and despair.Fitzgerald's work has been adapted into films many times. His short story, and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and ", was the basis for a 2008 film. and "Tender Is the Night and " was filmed in 1962, and made into a television miniseries in 1985. and "The Beautiful and Damned and " was filmed in 1922 and 2010. and "The Great Gatsby and " has been the basis for numerous films of the same name, spanning nearly 90 1926, 1949, 1974, 2000, and 2013 adaptations. In addition, Fitzgerald's own life from 1937 to 1940 was dramatized in 1958 in and "Beloved Infidel and ".