Scott Fitzgerlad

By adrianaheras

  • 1896

    1896
    He was born on Semptember 24, 1896

  • 1917

    1917
    He dropped to join the United States Army during World War I

  • 1920

    1920
    He published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise

  • 1920

    1920
    Achieved temporary popular success and fortune.

  • 1922

    1922
    His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, propelled him further into the cultural elite.

  • 1993

    1993
    A new edition was published as The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.

  • 1925

    1925
    His third novel, The Great Gatsby, received generally favorable reviews

  • 1934

    1934
    Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night.

  • 1940

    1940
    After a long struggle with alcoholism, he attained sobriety only to die of a heart attack at 44.