F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • His Birth

    His Birth

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota.
  • Joined the Army

    Due to his failure in school, Fitzgerald joined the Army in 1917.
  • Assigned to Camp Sheridan

    Assigned to Camp Sheridan

    While in the Army, he was assigned to a camp in Montgomery, Alabama where he met a woman he loved, Zelda.
  • Official Career

    In late 1919, Fitzgerald made his official commence on his career as a writer. An example was “The Saturday Evening Post” newspaper.
  • Francis Scott and Zelda get married

    Francis Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre got married in New York City.
  • The Beautiful and Damned

    The Beautiful and Damned

    Shortly after their move to New York, Fitzgerald began writing his second novel, “The Beautiful and Damned”.
  • The couple has a baby

    Zelda Fitzgerald is pregnant and gives birth to their only child but her and Francis Scott moved back to St. Paul before-hand.
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    Fitzgerald went to Rome to work on “the Great Gatsby” in Winter of 1924.
  • Too many distractions

    In the beginning of 1926, the Fitzgerald’s moved back to America to focus on his novels and avoid the distractions he was having in France.
  • Paying for Psychiatrics

    Francis Scott had to stop writing novels again to switch to write short stories to help pay for Zelda’s psychiatrics because of her starting ballet.
  • Tender Is The Night

    Tender Is The Night

    After their return to America for the second time, Fitzgerald finishes his 4th novel, “Tender Is The Night”.
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    Crackup Years

    This time of his life was known as the “Crackup Years”, mainly due to his alcohol problem and his inability to write stories consistently.
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    Screenwriting

    By himself, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood to become a screenwriter.
  • His Death

    Francis Scott Fitzgerald had finished half of the draft of his latest novel when suffered a heart attack on December 21, 1940.
  • Revision of Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby did not sell well when it was originally released in 1934, but the revised version released in 1951 made the story blow up.

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