F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Timeline

  • Born in St, Paul, Minnesota

    Born in St, Paul, Minnesota

  • First publications at school

    Early 1900s
  • Attends Princeton University

    Attends Princeton University

  • Enlist in the army, stationed close to Montgomery, Alabama

  • Engagement to Zelda and discharged from the army

    Engagement to Zelda and discharged from the army

  • First novel to be published (This side of paradise)

  • Financial struggles

    Mid to late
  • Marries Zelda Sayre

    Marries Zelda Sayre

  • Starts getting inspired from parties and jazz

    Early 1920s
  • The beautiful and dammed published

  • The great Gatsby published

    The great Gatsby published

  • Spent time in Europe

    1929-1930
  • Went to Hollywood to work as a screenwriter and script doctor

    Late 1930s
  • Tender is the night published

  • Fitzgerald dies in Hollywood at age 44