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Fitzgerald was born in Paul, Minnesota.
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Fitzgerald was 15 years old when his parents sent his to the Newman school, a prestigious catholic preparatory in new jersey. he met his father there.
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after graduating from the Newman school in 1913, Fitzgerald decided to stay in new jersey to continue his artistic development at Princeton university.
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in 1917, he dropped out of school to join the U.S army.
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Fitzgerald fell in love with 18 year old Zelda Sayre.
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fitzgeralds first noval, This side of paradise was finally published.
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they had one child, a daughter named Frances Scott Fitzgerald, bornm in 1921
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The Beautiful and Dammed was written.
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In 1924, Fitzgerald moved to France.
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The Great Gatsby was written.
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Zelda began the first of many hospital stays for mental illness.
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In 1930, Zelda suffered another breakdown and was treated at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland, and that same year was admitted to a mental health clinic in Switzerland.
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In 1934, after years of hard work, Fitzgerald finally published his fourth novel, Tender is the Night, about an American psychiatrist in Paris, France, and his troubled marriage to a wealthy patient.
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in 1937 Fitzgerald attempted to revive his career as a screenwriter and freelance story writer in Hollywood, and he achieved modest financial, if not critical, success for his efforts.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack at age 44.
