F. Scott Fitzgerald Timeline

(Positive Event)

1913

Fitzgerald gets accepted to and begins attending Princeton.

(Positive Event)

1918

Fitzgerald meets Zelda.

(Positive Event)

1920

Fitzgerald publishes his 1st book "This Side of Paradise".

(Positive Event)

1921

Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda have a baby named Scotty.

(Positive Event)

1922

Fitzgerald publishes his 2nd novel "The Beautiful and Damned".

(Positive Event)

1922

Fitzgerald begins publishing a collection of short stories called "Tales of the Jazz Age".

(Positive Event)

1925

Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby".

(Negative Event)

1929

The stock market crashes, bringing an end to the jazz age/flying 20s.

(Negative Event)

1930

Zelda suffers her 1st mental breakdown.

(Negative Event)

1932

Zelda suffers her 2nd mental breakdown.

(Negative Event)

1934

Fitzgerald publishes his final novel "Tender is the Night" which does horrible in sales.

(Negative Event)

1936

Fitzgerald publishes “The Crack Up" in which he announced to the world that he was emotionally bankrupt.

(Positive Event for him)

1937

Fitzgerald meets Sheila Graham

(Positive Event)

1937

Fitzgerlad gets hired as a screenwriter.

(Negative Event)

1938

Fitzgerald gets fired as a screenwriter.

(Positive Event)

1938

Fitzgerald gets screen credit for the film "Three Comrades".

(Negative Event)

1938

Fitzgerald's drinking problem gets worse.

(Negative Event)

1940

Fitzgerald dies at the age of 44.