F scott fitzgerald 1921

F. Scott Fitzgerald Timeline

  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald gets accepted to and begins attending Princeton.
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald meets Zelda.
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald publishes his 1st book "This Side of Paradise".
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda have a baby named Scotty.
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald publishes his 2nd novel "The Beautiful and Damned".
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald begins publishing a collection of short stories called "Tales of the Jazz Age".
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby".
  • (Negative Event)

    The stock market crashes, bringing an end to the jazz age/flying 20s.
  • (Negative Event)

    Zelda suffers her 1st mental breakdown.
  • (Negative Event)

    Zelda suffers her 2nd mental breakdown.
  • (Negative Event)

    Fitzgerald publishes his final novel "Tender is the Night" which does horrible in sales.
  • (Negative Event)

    Fitzgerald publishes “The Crack Up" in which he announced to the world that he was emotionally bankrupt.
  • (Positive Event for him)

    Fitzgerald meets Sheila Graham
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerlad gets hired as a screenwriter.
  • (Negative Event)

    Fitzgerald gets fired as a screenwriter.
  • (Positive Event)

    Fitzgerald gets screen credit for the film "Three Comrades".
  • (Negative Event)

    Fitzgerald's drinking problem gets worse.
  • (Negative Event)

    Fitzgerald dies at the age of 44.