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He was born in Saint Paul Minnesota to his parents aware Edward and Molly Fitzgerald.
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After being put on academic hold on Princeton that was his motivation to join the army.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel was titled “The Romantic Egotist” and he wrote it while he was in the army. this novel didn’t get published until 1920. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald was discharged from the army and moved to New York City, he desired to marry an Alabama Supreme Court judge’s daughter but she broke off the engage due to his lack of income.
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He started writing stories for magazines like “The Saturday Evening Post” and started a great career.
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The same women who called off the engagement, Zelda Sayer, married Fitzgerald in 1920 and they lived in New York together. -
Zelda was pregnant a year after their marriage and gave birth to their first and only child Frances Scott Fitzgerald. -
After Fitzgerald married he wrote his second novel “The Beautiful and Damned”
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and his family moved to Great Neck Long Island, this was to be near Broadway because of Fitzgerald’s play “The Vegetable”.
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The Fitzgerald’s moved to France where Scott wrote his book “The Great Gatsby”.
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Zelda began intense ballet training and stressed her mind and body out, this lead to several breakdowns. -
The Fitzgerald’s moved back to America from France, and Scott’s wife relapsed and had to be admitted back into a hospital.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald finished his fourth novel “Tend is the Night” this novel was inspired by his own relationship with his wife at the time.
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1936-1937 was labeled Fitzgerald’s crack up years due to his battle with alcoholism and his inability to write stories.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack and was buried in Rockville Maryland along with his wife Zelda. A quote from his book “The Great Gatsby” was engraved on his tomb “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”