F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life

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  • Birthdate

    Birthdate

    F. Scott Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota

  • First publication

    At the age of 13, he published his first story on the school newspaper at the St. Paul academy
  • Meeting Zelda

    Meeting Zelda

    Met his wife in 1917 and was in the army

  • Princeton

    Leaves Princeton, and joins U.S. Army

  • New York

    Fitzgerald was discharged from the army and moved to New York City

  • First Novel

    He published his first novel “Sight of Paradise”
  • Marriage and Family

    Marriage and Family

    A week after the novel was published, he asked Zelda to marry him, and eventually had a daughter, Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
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    Copies

    The initial printing in the first year or two sold over 50,000 copies
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    Late 1920’s - Early 1930’s

    The couples marriage deteriorates. Fitzgerald struggles with alcoholism and financial issues

  • Second Novel

    Publishes his second novel “ The Beautiful and Damned”

  • France

    Fitzgerald moved to France
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    A year later, after moving to France, he published his greatest work, “The Great Gatsby”

  • Tender is the Night

    Publishes Tender is the Night, influenced by the couples turbulent life and lifestyle

  • Hollywood

    Came to Hollywood to write screenplays and earn money, in order to leave town and work on novels
  • Death

    Death

    Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 44 while working on an unfinished novel