The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a satirical short story about a man who ages in reverse, from senescence to infancy, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in Collier’s Magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald’s 1922 book Tales of the Jazz Age. The story was later adapted into the 13-time Oscar-nominated 2008 namesake film and the Olivier Award winning musical adaptation.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, widely known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term that he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. He published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. He achieved transient success and fortune in the 1920s, but did not receive critical acclaim until after his death. He is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
