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He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896.
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He published his first story in the school newspaper at the St. Paul Academy.
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He attends the Newman School which is a catholic preparatory school. He meets Father Sigourney Fay, and he recognizes Fitzgerald’s writing skills and encourages him to pursue writing.
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He attended Princeton for three years before he dropped out because his grades fell from being more focused on writing. He wrote musicals and wrote pieces for the Princeton Tiger Humor Magazine. After dropping out he joined the army
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After being stationed in the army, he met Zelda, his future wife. However, she didn’t commit to him until she knew he could financially support her. -
After being discharged from the army in 1919, he moved to New York City. -
He published his first novel called This Side of Paradise. It was very popular and he made lots of money.
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After the success of This Side of Paradise, he has enough money to get married to Zelda.
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During his career, he wrote 178 stories and published them in magazines. Doing this supported him financially so he could write his novels.
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His daughter is born, she’s named Francis. -
In 1924, he moved to France in hopes of sparking his creativity so he could write another popular book. -
After living in France, he published the Great Gatsby, which is his most popular work. It changed culture in America, with the word ‘Gatsby’ entering the American vocabulary.
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He wrote Tender Is the Night in 1934, and it didn’t do good, especially compared to the Great Gatsby. A big reason why he was an alcoholic was because of the stress of writing. He was trying to make big hits that matched the success of the Great Gatsby, but he struggled to.
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He came to Hollywood to write screenplays to make money quickly so he could do what he really wanted to do, which was write novels. -
He died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940. He was in the middle of writing a novel called The Last Tycoon.