Fitzgerald Timeline

By cambreefriedman

  • Born in Minnesota, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

    Born in Minnesota, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

  • Fitzgerald attneded St. Paul Academy, where his first writing appeared in print in the school's newspaper.

    Fitzgerald attneded St. Paul Academy, where his first writing appeared in print in the school's newspaper.

  • FSF writes his first play, The Girl from Lazy J, produced in St. Paul.

  • FSF meets Father Sigourney Fay and Shane Leslie

  • FSF reports to Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama.

  • FSF discharged from army. Planning to marry Zelda Sayre, he goes to New York and works for the Barron Collier advertising agency

  • Marriage of FSF and Zelda Sayre at rectory of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Honeymoon at Biltmore Hotel.

  • Birth of the Fitzgeralds’ daughter, Scottie.

  • Publication of “Winter Dreams” in Metropolitan Magazine.

  • FSF writes The Great Gatsby.

  • Fitzgeralds move to Paris; rent apartment at 14 rue de Tilsitt.

  • Fitzgeralds return to America.

    Fitzgeralds return to America.

  • FSF works briefly on Gone With the Wind.

    FSF works briefly on Gone With the Wind.

  • FSF takes free-lance jobs at Paramount, Universal, Twentieth Century-Fox, Goldwyn and Columbia studios.

  • FSF dies of heart attack at Sheilah Graham’s apartment, 1443 North Hayworth Avenue, Hollywood.

    FSF dies of heart attack at Sheilah Graham’s apartment, 1443 North Hayworth Avenue, Hollywood.