F. Scott Fitzgerald

He and his wife were living in New York and He wanted tranquility so he moved to France. This is where he wrote the great gatsby. While they were in France his wife was cheating on him with a French naval officer. Also they became good friends with some expatriots people that had left the u.s. Then they moved back to the states then back to Europe and then his wife had a mental break down. he loved to live life to the fullest and have everything his wife was also like this.\
For Fitzgeralds quote i think that he meant that he wanted to write for the next generation and the next generation of critics because he wanted his books to influence the next group of people that live. And when he says to write it for the schoolmasters forever neans that no matter how old i gets the lessons are still the same and people can still relate
Historical events of the 1920's: Prohibition, Woman's Suffrage, Stock Market crash in 29, It was also the jazz age, Walt Disney produced their first sound cartoon.
The latin quote means i have made a monument more lasting than bronze.