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His birthday.
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Joined the United States Army in 1917. (During world war 1). -
After joining the army, he wrote his first romantic novel. It was a failure, however.
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World war 1 was over. The army no longer needed the massive manpower it once did.
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He quit his job because of its low salary and he wanted to simply write.
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After he left his job and started writing again, his novel was accepted and he started writing and became success during the jazz age in the 1920s. Also got married. -
Fitzgerald moved to Long Island, New York due to a play in 1922. -
Fitzgerald, and his family moved to France in the spring of 1924 and wrote another play.
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The Fitzgeralds left France in the end of 1926 due to its distractions and he wanted to focus on his writing and his plays. Moved to a mansion in the United States and resumed work.
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His wife wanted to become a professional ballet dancer and the family moved back to France in the summer of 1929. Though she would eventually suffer an injury from the job. -
After Zelda’s injury he would begin to write short stories only for a while. Then they moved back to the United States in 1931 where she suffered a mental breakdown.
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From 1936-1937, Fitzgerald was a severe alcoholic. Known as the crack up years.
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Fitzgerald would move to Hollywood all by himself without his family. The first time he moved alone. -
Fitzgerald would die in the winter of 1940. He wasn’t majorly successful in life, but he would have an influence through his writings. -
Fitzgeralds wife, Zelda, after suffering a life of sickness and hardship, would die only 8 years after he did in 1948. They have the same grave.