I . Edward Fitzgerald
(1809–83)
an English writer and translator, best known for his English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám , a popular collection of 12th–century Persian poetry.
II . Ella Fitzgerald
(1918–96)
a US singer of jazz and popular songs. She had a clear, strong voice and was called ‘the first lady of song’. She performed regularly with ‘Duke’ Ellington , ‘Count’ Basie and Louis Armstrong , and later recorded many songs by George Gershwin and Cole Porter .
III . F Scott Fitzgerald
( Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald 1896–1940)
a US writer of novels and short stories about the Jazz Age , a name he invented. The life of fun and immoral behaviour led by many rich people in those years are described in his best-known novel, The Great Gatsby . Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda (1901–48) lived a wild life themselves. She developed a mental illness, and he drank too much alcohol, experiences he used in Tender is the Night (1934). In 1936 Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood to write films. His last novel, The Last Tycoon , was not finished when he died.