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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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FSKF was part of the Princeton Class of 1917, but due to his failure in academics he decided to drop out and join the army. -
After joining the Army he wrote his first novel the Romantic Egoist, but later was rejected.
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Scott Fitzgerald meets Zelda when he was assigned to a camp in Alabama. -
After being discharge from the army, Scott Fitzgerald went to New York to make a fortune in order to marry Zelda was rejected due to her unwilling to live off of his low salary.
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His first novel to be published was called The Side of Paradise. -
Scott Fitzgerald officially marries Zelda after he publish The Side of Paradise in 1920. They soon move to New York City.
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The year after their marriage Zelda was pregnant so the Fitzgerald decided to move back to Saint Paul.
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After Scott Fitzgerald wrote his first play which failed in it’s try out, he had to write short stories in order to get out of debt.
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The Fitzgerald moved to France where the Great Gatsby was written, and was later revised while in Rome.
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After returning to America to focus on his work again, Zelda decided to start Ballet Dancing.
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Scott Fitzgerald wrote this book around the time of his current marriage. The story is similar to his relationship with his wife Zelda.
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This was categorized as the crack up years due to Fitzgerald unable to write commercial stories and his alcoholism.
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Scott Fitzgerald soon moved to Hollywood alone to work as a screenwriter.
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald dies due to an Heart Attack on December 21, 1940 at the age of 44.