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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life

By Gg3d3.
  • Birth

    Birth

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Edward and Mary Fitzgerald.
  • Princeton University

    Princeton University

    Attended Princeton University, wrote for The Princeton Tiger and the Triangle Club. Left in 1917 to join the U.S. Army during World War I.
  • Meeting Zelda Sayre

    Meeting Zelda Sayre

    Met Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama. They became engaged, but financial struggles delayed their marriage
  • This Side of Paradise Published & Marriage

    This Side of Paradise Published & Marriage

    Debut novel released in March, gaining fame and financial success. Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre in April
  • The Beautiful and Damned

    The Beautiful and Damned

    Published his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, and the short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age
  • Time in France

    Time in France

    Fitzgerald and Zelda lived in Europe, where he completed The Great Gatsby, published in April 1925.
  • Personal Struggles

    Personal Struggles

    Zelda suffered a mental breakdown and was hospitalized. Fitzgerald struggled with alcoholism during this period
  • Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

    Published his last completed novel, Tender Is the Night, which received critical acclaim but poor sales.
  • Hollywood Years

    Hollywood Years

    Moved to Hollywood to work as a screenwriter. Began writing The Last Tycoon, published posthumously
  • End/death

    End/death

    F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940, in Hollywood, California.