161: Decline and Fall

Zelda Fitzgerald was married to the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, but was also a creative in her own right as a published author, dancer, and artist. Zelda is also one of the most famous "crazy" people, bouncing from one institution to another for the last twenty years of her life. Despite the fame of she and her husband, Zelda was exposed to the questionable, sometimes violent, treatments of the day, all of which seemed to have little effect. SOURCES: https://kendalltaylorbooks.com/the-writers-journal/f/zelda-fitzgerald%E2%80%99s-hospital-correspondence-and-resilience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Fitzgerald https://lithub.com/behind-the-myths-of-scott-and-zeldas-epic-romance/

Evelyn Waugh was one of England's prolific 20th century writers, but his struggles with mental health and substance abuse saw even his biggest successes spiral into eventual disaster.