3.03 F. Scott Fitzgerald timeline

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  • Birth

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota

  • Moves to Minnesota

    After his fathers unsuccessful career, the family moves back to Minnesota when F. Scott was 13 to live off of his mothers inheritance

  • Fitzgerald's First Publication

    At the age of 14, F. Scott Fitzgerald, for the first time, has a writing published with "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" in the student publication at St. Paul Academy

  • Fitzgerald Finds Love

    Fitzgerald meets Ginevra King, his first serious love interest. She will influence several of his female characters in his books later. They date but soon part ways.

  • Fitzgerald Meets Zelda Sayre

    F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre, his future wife, meet at a country club dance in Montgomery, Alabama.

  • WWI ends

    In 1917 F. Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of school and joined the army during World War I. In fear he wouldn’t fulfill his dream he quickly wrote “The Romantic Egotist” and submitted it before he was assigned to Camp Sheridan outside of Montgomery, Alabama. The war ended before he was even sent to Europe
  • “This Side of Paradise” published

    “This Side of Paradise” published

    F. Scott Fitzgerald published his first novel, “This Side of Paradise” which launch his career making him well known
  • Married

    Married

    F. Scott Fitzgerald gets married to Zelda Sayre on April 3, 1920
  • Child was born

    Child was born

    While F. Scott Fitzgerald was working on his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, his wife gave birth to their only child, Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald.
  • “The Beautiful and the Damned” published

    “The Beautiful and the Damned” published

    On Mar 4, 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald published his second novel, “The Beautiful and the Damned”
  • “The Great Gatsby” published

    “The Great Gatsby” published

    F. Scott Fitzgerald published his third novel, “The Great Gatsby” while it was well-received when it was published, it was long after Fitzgerald's death that it was regarded as one of the greatest American novels ever written.

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Earnest Hemingway

    F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, another writer, meet at a bar in Paris.

  • Moves to Hollywood

    F. Scott Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood after signing a six-month contract from Metro Goldwyn Mayer to be a screen writer for plays.

  • Death

    F. Scott Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California
  • “The Last Tycoon” gets published

    “The Last Tycoon” gets published

    After F. Scott Fitzgerald gets hospitalized, he begins working on his final book, “The Last Tycoon” which he dies before it was complete. His unfinished book was published after his death in 1940 on November 4, 1941