The Resume

(September 24, 1896-December 21, 1940)
Wrote 'The Great Gatsby' (1924) and 'This Side of Paradise (1920)'
Married Zelda Sayre
Joined the Army (1917)
Full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Name for the author of America's National Anthem 'Star Spangled Banner'
Died of a heart attack

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of Princeton University.
He was hospitalized for depression.
He was an alcoholic and occasionally violent.
His books were commercial failures at the time of their release.
His wife Zelda was breast fed until she was four.
He romanced Sheilah Graham, but never could spell her name correctly (He spelled it Shielah).
He was a candy-holic.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is one the most important American authors of the 20th century.
'The Great Gatsby' is required reading in many high schools.
Despite dropping out of Princeton, he was always faithful to the alumni, he was reading his Princeton Alumni Magazine, when he died (1940).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 10 Books Most Taught in High School (Ranked: 9)
• Alcohol Contributed to My Death
• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 43)
• Bob Dylan References
• College Drop Outs
• Copywriters
• E!'s Mysteries and Scandals
• Golden Girls References
• I Am From Baltimore
• I am Known by My Initials
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [D-G]
• I Attended Princeton
• I Attended St. Pauls [Concord, NH]
• I Died in 1940 (Ranked: 44)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Have a Foot Fetish
• I Publicly Trashed My Book’s Movie
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 46)
• Lost Generation Writers
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 2)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 28)
• My Attention Span is Limited [Reportedly A.D.D.]
• National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read Selections [Authors] (Ranked: 2006)
• New Jersey Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2009)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 1)
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1924)
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 28 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 139 Votes: 56.83% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 57 Votes: 35.09% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 97 Votes: 48.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 1121 Votes: 35.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 101 Votes: 31.68% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 120 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 194 Votes: 42.27% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 274 Votes: 44.16% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 376 Votes: 43.09% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1004 Votes: 42.33% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2012 Votes: 36.78% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 3453 Votes: 43.15% Annoying