F Scott Fitzgerald

By Yasminsha
  • Saint Paul Minnesota

    Saint Paul Minnesota

    F.Scott Fitzgerald is born.

  • Princeton University

    Is put on academic probation because of poor grades.

  • U.S ARMY

    Joins the United States Army

  • First Novel

    “The Romantic Egotist” -REJECTED

  • Montgomery, Alabama

    Stationed at Camp Sheridan, where he met Zelda Sayre

  • Discharged from Army

    He moves to New York to earn money and marries Zelda.
  • Zelda breaks off engagement

    Zelda breaks off engagement

    Because of Fitzgerald’s low income.

  • “This Side of Paradise”

    Returns to Minnesota and rewrites and renames his book.

  • Marriage

    Fitzgerald and Zelda marry in New York
  • Publishes 2nd book

    Publishes 2nd book

    “The Beautiful Damned”
  • Birth of daughter

    Birth of daughter

    Francis Scott Fitzgerald the couples only child is born

  • The Fitzgerald’s move to Great Neck, Long Island

    F. Scott Fitzgerald debuts his play “The Vegetable.”
  • “The Great Gatsby”

    “The Great Gatsby”

    While in France Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby

  • Hollywood

    Move to Hollywood to be a screenwriter.

  • Death

    Dies of a heart attack thinking he was a failure.