WRITER

Zelda Fitzgerald

1900 - 1948

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Zelda Fitzgerald (née Sayre; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, playwright, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zelda Fitzgerald has received more than 6,906,070 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Zelda Fitzgerald is the 1,060th most popular writer (down from 994th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,185th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Writer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Accordez-moi cette valse
2001
The collected writings
English literature
Zelda Sayre married F.Scott Fitzgerald in 1920. This collection of her writings demonstrates that she was a notable author herself, as well as a profound influence on Scott's work. The book has an introduction by the novelist Mary Gordon, and is edited and annotated by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
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Scandalabra
1980
Save Me The Waltz
1971
Save me the waltz
Fiction
Experiences shared by the Fitzgeralds are reflected in this novel depicting the life of a would-be ballerina
1968

Page views of Zelda Fitzgeralds by language

Over the past year Zelda Fitzgerald has had the most page views in the with 641,242 views, followed by Spanish (57,969), and French (54,951). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (58.87%), Welsh (54.60%), and Sundanese (36.77%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 1,060 out of 7,302. Before her are Martin Andersen Nexø, Zhuanxu, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ernst Barlach, Adalbert Stifter, and Ibn Sirin. After her are Kazi Nazrul Islam, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Egeria, Ernst Toller, Valerie Solanas, and Sonia Rykiel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 49. Before her are Thomas Wolfe, Howard H. Aiken, Pedro Cea, Raphael Lemkin, Edith Frank, and Maria of Yugoslavia. After her are Maurice Thorez, Jean Negulesco, Nathalie Sarraute, Yves Tanguy, Pridi Banomyong, and Evald Aav. Among people deceased in 1948, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 38. Before her are D. W. Griffith, Iwane Matsui, Pompeu Fabra, Kantarō Suzuki, Emil Ludwig, and Yoshiko Kawashima. After her are Hans Aumeier, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Kōki Hirota, Tamam Shud case, Josef Bühler, and Dieter Wisliceny.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 1,236 out of 20,380. Before her are Edna Purviance (1895), Blake Edwards (1922), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Robert Reich (1946), Martha Washington (1731), and E. O. Wilson (1929). After her are Lady Gaga (1986), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Anne Hathaway (1982), Pete Seeger (1919), Uma Thurman (1970), and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Zelda Fitzgerald ranks 120. Before her are Noah Gordon (1926), William Gibson (1948), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Sam Shepard (1943), and Tess Gerritsen (1953). After her are Valerie Solanas (1936), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), Michael Connelly (1956), Norman Mailer (1923), John Grisham (1955), and John Updike (1932).

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