PASSINGS

Arthur Mizener, F. Scott Fitzgerald Biographer

Arthur Mizener, 80, author of the acclaimed first biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. “The Far Side of Paradise,” Mizener’s best-selling biography, was published in 1951, a decade after a heart attack ended the downward spiraling career of the chronicler of the Jazz Age of the 1920s. The biography was credited with reviving interest in Fitzgerald, now considered one of the great American novelists of the 20th Century. Mizener taught English at Cornell University from 1951 until his retirement in 1975. He wrote scores of essays and book reviews for many publications. In Bristol, R.I., on Thursday.